How Long to Read Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery

How Long Does it Take to Read Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery by Marcus Cunliffe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book begins with a provocative paradox: George Fitzhugh of Virginia, one of the most eloquent defenders of Southern chattel slavery, appealed to a New York abolitionist for support. How can this be? The abolitionist in question, Charles Edwards Lester, had confessed that "he would sooner subject his child to Southern slavery, than have him to be a free laborer of England." Lester was in fact referring to the "white" or "wage" slavery of the mother country. In a three part study, Cunliffe explores the context of chattel and wage slavery in Britain and the United States. He first outlines the evolution of the concept of wage slavery in Europe and the United States, demonstrating how this concept bore upon opinions about chattel slavery in America. In his second section, Cunliffe discusses the precariousness of Anglo-American relationships during the period of 1830 to 1860. In their resentment of British rebukes aimed at the persistence of slavery in a democracy, Americans retaliated by claiming that British wage slavery was worse than American plantation slavery. Cunliffe concludes by charting the career of Lester, the seemingly atypical New York abolitionist. Lester displayed a conviction that Britain was a corrupt and brutal society, most of whose leading citizens detested America. Cunliffe maintains that Lester's opinions were shared by many of his countrymen during the antebellum decades; in this sense he may have been more truly representative of American attitudes than either Southerners like Fitzhugh or Northerner abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison.

How long is Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery?

Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery by Marcus Cunliffe is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery aloud.

What Reading Level is Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery?

Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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