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DeBow's Review was a highly influential and widely circulated magazine of "agricultural, commercial, and industrial progress and resource" in the American South during the middle of the 19th century. It bore the name of its first editor, James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow. The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ...
Publication History
The magazine was published from 1846 until 1884 when it was absorbed into the Agricultural Review and Industrial Monthly (DeBow himself died in 1867). The magazine's publication was disrupted during the American Civil War after August of 1864 but resumed publication again in January of 1866. 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...
The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...
1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
Content Before the Civil War the journal contained everything from agricultural reports, statistical data, and economic analysis to literature, political opinion. and commentary. The magazine took an increasingly pro-Southern and eventually secessionist perspective in the late 1850's and early 1860's. The magazine also defended slavery in response to abolitionism and advocated southern nationalism as the Civil War approached. After the war, the magazine resumed publication on commercial, political, and cultural topics and even printed articles from former abolitionists. Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. ...
Slavery is any of a number of related conditions involving control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or other clear forms of coercion. ...
This poster depicting the horrific conditions on slave ships was influencial in mobilizing public opinion against slavery in Great Britain and the United States. ...
Contributers DeBow's Review is known for several famous historical figures - both esteemed and controversial - who published material in the magazine: Judah P. Benjamin Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884) was a British-American politician and lawyer, who served as a representative in the Louisiana State Legislature, as U.S. Senator for Louisiana, in three successive cabinet posts in the government of the Confederate States of America, and...
George Fitzhugh was a social theorist who published radical racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. ...
Francis Lieber (March 18, 1798, Berlin, Germany - October 2, 1872, New York City), originally known as Franz Lieber, was a German-American jurist and political philosopher. ...
Matthew Fontaine Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873), nicknamed Pathfinder of the Seas, was an oceanographer who made important contributions to charting wind and ocean currents. ...
Albert Pike (* December 29, 1809 in Boston; † April 2, 1891 in Washington, D.C.) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. ...
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Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887) was an American political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century. ...
External Links Text archive of DeBow's Review issues at the University of Michigan [1] (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/browse.journals/debo.html) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...
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