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Ripe for Emancipation Paperback – April 28, 2011

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A number of historians have held that antislavery activity died out in the South after the early 19th century. Neely Young's extensive research has uncovered evidence of a continuing antislavery tradition in the so-called "Upper South" from the Revolution until about 1850. This was not completely true, as you will learn in Ripe for Emancipation. This tradition of antislavery sentiment thrived most in the Appalachian regions of western Virginia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and Kentucky. One of the centers of antislavery activity was Rockbridge County, Virginia, which supplied some of the leading figures in the Virginia and Upper South emancipationists' movements. The people of Rockbridge were reluctant to join the Confederacy and when they did, it was not to defend slavery or even states' rights but to defend their lives, homes, and property against northern invasion.

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236 pages
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English
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Mariner Companies, Inc.
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April 28, 2011
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5.98 x 0.54 x 9.02 inches
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0984112898
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978-0984112890
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Companies, Inc. (April 28, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984112898
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984112890
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.54 x 9.02 inches

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Peter Stelling, Atlanta

Exhaustive research is apparent in this careful documentation of the anti-slavery movement in the South

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2012

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Dr. Neely Young's RIPE FOR EMANCIPATION is a must-read for students of the Civil War and the various movements that led up to it. I was particularly taken with the careful documentation of the rift that gradually developed between districts in the eastern and western parts of the Commonwealth of Virginia that ultimately led to the separation of that state into two parts and culminated in the creation of a new state of West Virginia in 1863. The heavily Scots-Irish population of the western portion of Virginia believed in living by the sweat of one's own brow, while the descendants of British colonists in the eastern regions were intent on living the "Upstairs/Downstairs" life so typical of their cousins back at home in England. The caste system of Virginia east of the Blue Ridge is carefully contrasted with the progressive and civic-oriented thinking of the people west of those mountains. This is an interesting historical document that is also rich in sociological overtones.

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Nina B. Campbell

Book for my boss

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2012

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He has asked for this book for a while, and you had it. Only complaint is that it took a long time to be delivered. But is was a success and that is what matters.

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Joshua N. Young

The South's Antislavery Vantage Point Not Entirely "Black & White"

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2011

Dr. Young does an excellent job of explaining the nuances of antislavery sentiment in what must be considered a "progressive" area of the South (Upper South- western part of VA, eastern part of KY, etc.) during the decades leading up to the Civil War. I would imagine that I, like most students of history were taught simply that the North opposed slavery in its entirety and that conversely the South supported African-American bondage as unified geographical regions. In my ignorance, I did not realize the subtleties of thought in particular areas of the Upper South between outright abolition in the North and the pro-slavery sentiment of the Deep South.

Much like todays' moderate politicians (who are few and far between) who try to balance the extreme ideologies of the far left and right, leaders of the Upper South abhorred slavery but realized a more diffident position on emancipation and colonization might be their only avenue for true reform. That is not to say that their views aren't still immensely unsettling, which they are, it simply sheds light to the perspectives of leaders who were trying to eliminate slavery within the bounds of religion, race, politics, economy, and geography of the Shenandoah/ Appalachian region during this time period.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2011

I found this book very informative and very well researched. It contributes to our understanding of the period. I recommend it.

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