This Species of Property : Slave Life and Culture in the Old South.
Title:
This Species of Property : Slave Life and Culture in the Old South.
Author:
Owens, Leslie Howard.
ISBN:
9780198020226
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction-". . . The Necessity of Bondage" -- 1. Drawing the Color Line -- 2. Into the Fields-Life, Disease, and Labor in the Old South -- 3. Blackstrap Molasses and Cornbread-Diet and Its Impact on Behavior -- 4. The Logic of Resistance -- 5. The Household Slave -- 6. The Black Slave Driver -- 7. The Shadow of the Slave Quarters -- 8. The Rhythm of Culture -- 9. A Family Folk -- 10. This Property Is Condemned -- Manuscript Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Owens' fascinating study explores the personality and behavior of the slave within the context of what it meant to be a slave. Based on a variety of plantation records, diaries, slave narratives, travelers' accounts, and other items bearing on the slave's experiences in his relationships to slaveholders, it concentrates on the years between 1770 and 1865.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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