1. "AN HONORABLE AND MANLY SPORT": THE ROLE OF THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Beecher, David Lory Title: "AN HONORABLE AND MANLY SPORT": THE ROLE OF THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH Graduate Program: American Studies Keywords: Horse racingSlaveryPlantation LifeAntebellum SouthGamblingThoroughbred File: Login to Download Committee Members: John Rogers Haddad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorJohn Rogers Haddad, Committee Chair/Co-ChairCharles David Kupfer, Committee MemberAnthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee MemberIndrit Hoxha, Outside MemberAnne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair