ISBN:
9780674810921
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (512 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Many Thousands Gone : The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America
DDC:
306.362097
Keywords:
African Americans ; Social conditions ; 17th century
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African Americans ; Social conditions ; 18th century
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Slavery ; United States ; History ; 17th century
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Slavery ; United States ; History ; 18th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race -- I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations -- 1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake -- 2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North -- 3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry -- 4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations -- 5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake -- 6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry -- 7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North -- 8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations -- 9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North -- 10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South -- 11. Fragmentation in the Lower South -- 12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race""; ""I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations""; ""1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake""; ""2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North""; ""3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry""; ""4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley""; ""II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations""; ""5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake""; ""6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry""; ""7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North""; ""8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley""
Description / Table of Contents:
""III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations""""9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North""; ""10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South""; ""11. Fragmentation in the Lower South""; ""12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley""; ""Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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