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Peculiar institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"(Our) peculiar institution" was a euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South. The meaning of "peculiar" in this expression is "one's own", that is, referring to...
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The Peculiar Institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Peculiar Institution is a euphemism for slavery in the United States. It is also the title of a renowned book about slavery published in 1956 by academic Kenneth M. Stampp of the University of Ca...
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a) Demanded immediate emancipation without compensation b) Opposed the Constitution as a "covenant with death and an agreement with hell." c) Garrison published a powerful newspaper entitled The Liberator which attacked slavery and the government's collusion with the institution...
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The result of this peculiar institution is that the production decisions of the many individuals are transferred, against their will, to a few individuals. ... Until then, the peculiar institution of government will continue to result in products, programs, and laws that do not agree with the wishes of the people...
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"How slaves transformed their African experiences into revolutionary action against the institution of slavery still has to be explored. Even specialists of Africa have inadvertently overlooked the importance of black abolitionist thought and action." 1 ... A brief history of the "peculiar institution" of slavery...
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When it first became apparent that Al Gore had won the popular vote but lost the election, some politicians and pundits predicted that the end had finally come for America's most peculiar political institution: Americans, after all, believed that democracy meant majority rule.
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The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South, a book authored by Kenneth Stampp (Vintage Books: New York 1956 ISBN: 0679723072 ), gives insight into the true character of this "most profound and vexatious social problem." (The phrase 'peculiar institution', is a term that was coined in the ante-bellum...
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