How Long to Read Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South

How Long Does it Take to Read Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South by Douglas Ambrose

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

Description

In this biography of the proslavery ideologue Henry Hughes (1829-1862), Douglas Ambrose offers a compelling examination of the life and writings of an intriguing antebellum thinker. Hughes occupied a distinct position among southern advocates of slavery in that his defense of the practice was only one piece of his larger vision for a new social order he called "warranteeism." Influenced by the new field of sociology, Hughes set down in the Treatise his concept of warranteeism, which prescribed a powerful, authoritarian state that guaranteed the subsistence of the laboring classes through tight control of all social and labor relations. According to Hughes, warranteeism embodied the logical development of slavery in the modern world, the highest stage of socially responsible labor relations. Laborers would no longer be slaves, the personal property of individual masters, but "warrantees." Slaveholders would become "warrantors," charged by the state with providing for the laborers assigned to work in their households. This highly regulated, "progressive" society would eliminate want and, consequently, chaos, crime, and eventually even disease. Hughes sharply contrasted the security of warranteeism with the uncertainties and miseries that bedeviled market-based free-labor societies, notably the North, which he predicted would inevitably collapse. Hughes' plan was fraught with inconsistencies, a result of the tension between forming an abstract sociological model and simultaneously defending an existing society that was unevenly informed by capitalist elements. Although his ideas never gained wide acceptance during his short lifetime, they foreshadowed the modern authoritarian state and reveal the sophistication of southern intellectual life, even in such a stereotypically provincial place as Mississippi. However disquieting Hughes' thought may be to many today, it illuminates a powerful tendency in modern social and political theory.

How long is Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South?

Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South by Douglas Ambrose is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South aloud.

What Reading Level is Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South?

Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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