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'''Ulrich Bonnell Phillips''' (1877 to 1934) was a leading American historian of the early 20th century. He is considered a revolutionary in methodology and a conservative in politics.  He revolutionized the study of slavery and the plantation South, setting the standard for historical research for many decades. Phillips concentrated on the large plantations that dominated the Southern economy, neglecting the large number of smaller farms that employed a few slaves. He concluded that plantation slavery produced great wealth, but was a dead end, economically, that left the South bypassed by the industrial revolution underway in the North. On the whole plantation slavery was not very profitable, he said, had about reached its limits in 1860, and would probably have faded away without the [[American Civil War]], which he considered needless.  

'''Ulrich Bonnell Phillips''' (1877 to 1934) was a leading American historian of the early 20th century. He was a revolutionary in methodology and a conservative in politics.  He revolutionized the study of slavery and the plantation South, setting the standard for historical research for many decades. Phillips concentrated on the large plantations that dominated the Southern economy, neglecting the large number of smaller farms that employed a few slaves. He concluded that plantation slavery produced great wealth, but was a dead end, economically, that left the South bypassed by the industrial revolution underway in the North. On the whole plantation slavery was not very profitable, he said, had about reached its limits in 1860, and would probably have faded away without the [[American Civil War]], which he considered needless.  

While Phillips opposed slavery, he generally endorsed the behavior of the plantation owners and denied they were brutal. He argued they provided adequate food, clothing, housing, medical care and training in modern technology--that they were a school "civilized" the slaves. He admitted the failure was that no one graduated from this school.  

While Phillips opposed slavery, he generally endorsed the behavior of the plantation owners and denied they were brutal. He argued they provided adequate food, clothing, housing, medical care and training in modern technology--that they were a school "civilized" the slaves. He admitted the failure was that no one graduated from this school.