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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pargas, Damian Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (274 pages).
ISBN:9780813036588