"American slavery in the antebellum period was characterized by a massive wave of forced migration as millions of slaves were moved across state lines to the expanding Southwest, scattered locally, and sold or hired out in towns and cities across the South. This book sheds new light on domestic...

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1. Verfasser:	Pargas, Damian 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies on the American South
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1783-1865 aSlaveryzSouthern StatesxHistoryy19th century aSlave tradezSouthern StatesxHistoryy19th century aForced migrationzSouthern StatesxHistoryy19th century aMigration, InternalzSouthern StatesxHistoryy19th century aSlaveszSouthern StatesxSocial conditionsy19th century aMigrant laborzSouthern StatesxHistoryy19th century aAssimilation (Sociology)zSouthern StatesxHistoryy19th century aSouthern StatesxRace relationsxHistoryy19th century aSouthern StatesxSocial conditionsy19th century Sklavenhandel Sklaverei USA
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Zusammenfassung:	"American slavery in the antebellum period was characterized by a massive wave of forced migration as millions of slaves were moved across state lines to the expanding Southwest, scattered locally, and sold or hired out in towns and cities across the South. This book sheds new light on domestic forced migration by examining the experiences of American-born slave migrants from a comparative perspective. Juxtaposing and contrasting the experiences of long-distance, local, and urban slave migrants, it analyzes how different migrant groups anticipated, reacted to, and experienced forced removal, as well as how they adapted to their new homes"--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XII, 281 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	9781107031210 9781107658967