The Short Life of Free Georgia : Class and Slavery in the Colonial South /

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This text tells the foundation story of Georgia, chartered in 1732 to be a charity colony for poor white Europeans. Southern history is most often viewed through the lens of race. But the philanthropist Trustees banned slavery for the first 20 years of settlement, so the political perspective of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McIlvenna, Noeleen, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conflict.
Social classes.
Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Classes sociales > Georgie (État) > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Slavery > Georgia > History > 18th century.
Social conflict > Georgia > History > 18th century.
Social classes > Georgia > History > 18th century.
Georgia.
Georgie (État) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Georgia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This text tells the foundation story of Georgia, chartered in 1732 to be a charity colony for poor white Europeans. Southern history is most often viewed through the lens of race. But the philanthropist Trustees banned slavery for the first 20 years of settlement, so the political perspective of the poor settlers reflected the rigid hierarchy of social class as English people of the time understood it.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (158 pages).
ISBN:9781469624051

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