The Southern Slaveholders Dreamed of a Slaveholding Empire an interview with Kevin Waite

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An interesting article interviewing Kevin Waite for his book 'West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire'

The Southern Slaveholders Dreamed of a Slaveholding Empire an interview with Kevin Waite.


Jacobin contributor Arvind Dilawar recently spoke with Kevin Waite, author of West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire, about the South's connection to the Southwest, Native American bondage as a counterpart to African American chattel slavery, and the slaveholders' continent-bestriding ambitions.

Full article can be found here - https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/us-h...pansion-california-southwest-transcontinental

Waite's free dissertation which the book is based upon can be found here - https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4413&context=edissertations

PDF too large to post here.

And the author turned a phrase that made me laugh. To wit... "I like to think of their position on the matter as "states' rights with benefits." "...never heard it put the way before...

Enjoy!
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