James Henry Hammond and the Old South: A Design for Mastery

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Southern Biography Series William }. Cooper, jr., Editor This page intentionally left blank James Henry Hammond and the Old South Courtesy of rhe South Carolmiana Library James Henry Hammond as painted by William Scarborough in 1850. JAMES HENRY HAMMOND OLD SOUTH A Design for Mastery Drew Gilpin Faust Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge and the Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 1982 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designer: Patricia Douglas Crowder Typeface: Linotron Goudy Typesetter: G&S Typesetters, Inc. Some of the material in Chapter 5 was originally published in the Journal of Social History, Vol. XIV. A version of Chapter 10 appeared in the South Carolina Historical Magazine, LXXXI (1980), 189—206. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Faust, Drew Gilpin James Henry Hammond and the Old South. (Southern biography series) Bibliography: p. Includes index. i. Hammond, James Henry, 1807—1864. 2. Slavery — Southern States. 3. South Carolina—Politics and government— I 775—1865. 4. Slaveholders— South Carolina—Biography. I. Title. II. Series. F273.H25F38 1982 975.7'o3'o924 [B] 82-8939 ISBN 978-0-8071-1248-9 (paper) AACR2 LOUISIANA PAPERBACK EDITION, 1985 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. &) Winner of the Jules F. Landry Award for 1982 This page intentionally left blank For Charles This page intentionally left blank If it were all inked up into a romance it would be pronounced overstrained & improbable. J A M E S H E N R Y H A M M O N D This page intentionally left blank ...