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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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Основен автор: Pargas, Damian Alan.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ℗♭2010.
Серия: New perspectives on the history of the South.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=338973
Подобни документи: Print version:: Quarters and the fields.
Резюме: 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.
Физически характеристики: 1 online resource (xi, 259 pages).
Библиография: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780813036588
0813036585