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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Pargas, Damian Alan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (274 pages).
ISBN:9780813036588