Hinton Rowan Helper's 'The Impending Crisis of the South' is a significant piece of literature that explores the economic and social conditions of the American South prior to the Civil War.

Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) of North Carolina became one of the South's most controversial figures in the 1850s for his criticisms of slavery in The land of gold and his better known book, The impending crisis.

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Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) of North Carolina became one of the South's most controversial figures in the 1850s for his criticisms of slavery in The land of gold and his better known book, The impending crisis.