A New History of the American South

Relive the unforgettable drama of the American South with an award-winning professor.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Geography of the American South
• 02: The World of Slavery
• 03: Slavery Becomes American
• 04: The Southern Colonies Take Root
• 05: Southern States in the New Nation
• 06: War, Uprising, and Southern Solidarity
• 07: The Birth of the Cotton South
• 08: Evangelical Faith in the South
• 09: Rebellion, Renewal: Tightening of Slavery
• 10: Arguments for and against Slavery
• 11: A Restless South: Expansion and Conflict
• 12: Life in the Slave South
• 13: Sovereignty and Slavery in the American West
• 14: The Complex Road to Secession
• 15: Elemental Loyalties and Descent into War
• 16: End of War and of Slavery
• 17: Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau
• 18: The Landscape of the New South
• 19: Farmers and the Rise of Populism
• 20: The Invention of Segregation
• 21: Lynching and Disfranchisement
• 22: Religious Faith in the New South
• 23: Literature and Music of the New South
• 24: The Legacies of the Southern Saga