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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ev. Fred A. Ross of Alabama in his Slavery Ordained of God (1857) maintained that Slavery is part of a government ordained to certain conditions of fallen mankind. Charles Hodge See Book III, Chap. XVI. of Princeton with learned erudition criticized the religious argument against slavery. Parson W. G. Brownlow of Tennessee, in a memorable debate with Abram Prynne, portrayed the advantages of Southern society over that of the North. Political economists also wrote in the defence. Edmund Ruffin of Virginia, successful planter, pioneer in scientific farming, and editor of agricultural journals, in his Political economy of slavery (1857) claimed blessings for the existing relation of master and slave. David Christy of Cincinnati in Cotton is King (1855) showed the place of the plantation system in the wealth of the nation and pointed out the need of more territory for slavery and the cultivation of cotton. These writings and others of minor importance are the record of a chan
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
, 281 Rosin the Bow, 574 Ross, Fred A., 340 Ross, Ludwig, 462 Rossetti, 49, 54, 55, 63 Roth, 467, 468 Roughing it, 10, 11, 20 Rough Times in Rough Places, 147 Round — about to Moscow, 165 Round Hill School, 451, 452 Rouquette, Adrien, 595, 596 Rouquette, Dominique, 595 Rowson, Mrs., 541 Roxburgh ballads, the, 510 Roxy, 75-76 Royce, Josiah, 141, 239, 241, 242, 244— 248, 246 n., 249, 251, 257, 256, 417 Rublee, 327 Rudiments of Latin Prosody, 445 Ruffin, Edmund, 341 Ruffner, Henry, 343 Ruins, 446 Ruins of Empires, 52 Ruppius, Otto, 580 Rural studies, with hints for country places, 111 Rush, Benjamin, 179, 402, 447 n. Rush, James, 233 Ruskin, 117, 456, 488, 489, 490, 491 Russell, A., 438 Russell, Bertrand, 248, 249 Russell, Charles M., 161 Russell, Lord, John, 454 Russell, Osborne, 134 Russell's Magazine, 551 n. Russian Christianity versus American Judaism, 122 Russian journey, a, 164 Russian life and Societ