This Species of Property : Slave Life and Culture in the Old South.

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Owens' fascinating study explores the personality and behavior of the slave within the context of what it meant to be a slave. Based on a variety of plantation records, diaries, slave narratives, travelers' accounts, and other items bearing on the slave's experiences in his relationsh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owens, Leslie Howard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
Temas:
Slavery > Southern States.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Social conditions
Southern States > Social conditions.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Southern States
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Introduction--". . . The Necessity of Bondage"; 1. Drawing the Color Line; 2. Into the Fields--Life, Disease, and Labor in the Old South; 3. Blackstrap Molasses and Cornbread--Diet and Its Impact on Behavior; 4. The Logic of Resistance; 5. The Household Slave; 6. The Black Slave Driver; 7. The Shadow of the Slave Quarters; 8. The Rhythm of Culture; 9. A Family Folk; 10. This Property Is Condemned; Manuscript Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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