Making a slave state: political development in early South Carolina

"Beginning in the early eighteenth century and moving through the post-War of 1812 internal improvements boom, Quintana highlights the surprising ways enslaved men and women sat at the center of South Carolina's earliest political development, materially producing the state's infrastr...

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Main Author: Quintana, Ryan A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2018]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Beginning in the early eighteenth century and moving through the post-War of 1812 internal improvements boom, Quintana highlights the surprising ways enslaved men and women sat at the center of South Carolina's earliest political development, materially producing the state's infrastructure and early governing practices, while also challenging and reshaping both through their day-to-day movements, from the mundane to the rebellious. Focusing on slaves' lives and labors, Quintana illuminates how black South Carolinians not only created the early state, but also established their own extralegal economic sites, social and cultural havens, and independent communities along South Carolina's roads, rivers, and canals"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-232) and index
Physical Description:xiv, 238 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm
ISBN:9781469641065
9781469642222

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