Patriarchy in Peril : William Byrd II and Slavery in Early Virginia /

"William Byrd II was a prominent eighteenth-century Virginian who at the time of his death owned over 180,000 acres of land and employed laborers and enslaved Africans. This book examines a neglected stage in the formation of slavery in Virginia by analyzing the practices and beliefs of one of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Todd, Dennis, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Byrd, William, > 1674-1744.
Slavery.
Slaveholders.
Plantation owners.
Patriarchy.
Slavery > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Patriarchy > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Plantation owners > Virginia > Biography.
Slaveholders > Virginia > Biography.
Virginia.
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Here at the end of the world
  • Carrying the machine forward : William Byrd and his slaves
  • Our fellow creatures : William Byrd and slavery
  • In the bear latitudes.

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