An American Planter : Stephen Duncan of Antebellum Natchez and New York /

"According to Brazy, Duncan was a hybrid, not fully a southerner or a northerner. He was also, Brazy shows, a paradox. Although he put down deep roots in Natchez, his sphere of influence was national in scope. Although his wealth was greatly dependent on the slaves he owned, he predicted a clas...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Brazy, Martha Jane, 1965-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Duncan, Stephen, > 1787-1867
Duncan, Stephen, > 1787-1867.
Social conditions
Slavery.
Slaveholders.
Race relations.
Plantation owners.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Proprietaires de plantations > Mississippi > Natchez > Biographies.
Proprietaires d'esclaves > Mississippi > Natchez > Biographies.
Slavery > Mississippi > Natchez > History > 19th century.
Slaveholders > Mississippi > Natchez > Biography.
Plantation owners > Mississippi > Natchez > Biography.
Mississippi > Natchez.
Natchez (Miss.) > Biography.
Natchez (Miss.) > Race relations.
Natchez (Miss.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Biographies.
History
Biography
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prologue : "an important crisis is at hand"
  • "To seek his fortunes in the distant South" : Stephen Duncan's migration from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi territory
  • Laying the foundations of mastery : land, slaves, capital, and the network of elites
  • Slaves, politics, and family : Stephen Duncan and the challenges to mastery
  • "We will one day have our throats cut in this county" : Stephen Duncan and the challenges of slavery
  • Power and position : redefining economic self in boom and bust times
  • Public duties and private worlds : the roles and dynamics of the Duncan family
  • Survival of the fittest : preservation of wealth and family
  • An empire realized : the concentration of wealth and the negotiation of shifting networks
  • Underground networks : slave communities and slavery on the Duncan plantations
  • Epilogue : "we are in the midst of perils."

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