Compendium Of The Impending Crisis Of The South

The Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South is a book written by Hinton Rowan Helper in 1857. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, and political conditions of the Southern United States leading up to the Civil War. Helper, who was a Southern-born critic of slavery, argued that the institution of slavery was the cause of the South's economic and social backwardness, and that it was preventing the region from progressing and competing with the industrialized North. The book contains statistics, maps, and charts to support Helper's argument, and it also includes a call to action for the South to abandon slavery and embrace industrialization. The book was controversial at the time of its publication and was banned in many Southern states. However, it was widely read and helped to fuel the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. Today, the Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South is considered an important historical document and a key piece of literature in the abolitionist movement.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.