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Copyright © 1985 byJohn David Smith Preface copyright © 2008 byJohn David Smith All rights reserved Originally published in 1985 by Greenwood Press Published in 2008 by Southern Illinois University Press Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 432 1 Library of Congress Cata1oging-in-Publication Data Smith,John David, 1949An old creed for the new South: proslavery ideology and historiography, 18651918 /John David Smith. p.cm. Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985. With new pre£ Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-2844-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-2844-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Slavery-United States---Historiography. 2. United States-Intellectual life--1865-1918. 1. Title. E44I.S6552008 326.0975'09034----dc22 2007033596 Reprinted from the 1991 Brown Thrasher Book edition published by the University of Georgia Press The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.@ ...

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