The quarters and the fields :: slave families in the non-cotton South /

Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, Damian Pargas compares the practice of slavery among the other major agricultural cultures in the 19th-century South: tobacco, mixed grain, rice, and sugar cane. He reveals how the demands of different types of masters and cro...

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1. Verfasser: Pargas, Damian Alan
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:New perspectives on the history of the South.
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Zusammenfassung:Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, Damian Pargas compares the practice of slavery among the other major agricultural cultures in the 19th-century South: tobacco, mixed grain, rice, and sugar cane. He reveals how the demands of different types of masters and crops influenced work patterns and habits, which in turn shaped slaves' family life.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 259 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813036588
0813036585
0813059070
9780813059075
0813038774
9780813038773

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