ISBN:
0195090217
,
9780195090215
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 556 p)
,
ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Them Dark Days : Slavery in the American Rice Swamps
DDC:
306.36209757
Keywords:
Plantation life History 19th century
;
Rice History 19th century
;
Slavery History 19th century
;
South Carolina History 1775-1865
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
In this groundbreaking book, Dusinberre conducts an intense investigation of slavery in the rice swamps of South Carolina and Georgia. Concentrated there were some of the richest--and most expansive--plantations of the South. It was an unhealthy region for both blacks and whites; slavery, in the swamps, was administered with particular severity. Focusing on three of the largest plantations, Dusinberre presents portraits of individuals, both black and white, who personify and exemplify the harsh realities of the slave system. Them Dark Days offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action; wh
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; I: GOWRIE: A MANIGAULT ESTATE; II: BUTLER ISLAND; III: ROBERT ALLSTON'S PLANTATIONS; IV: THE WIDER SCENE; Appendixes; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-540) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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