An American Planter: Stephen Duncan of Antebellum Natchez and New York

by Martha Jane Brazy

Book Overview

Extraordinarily wealthy and influential, Stephen Duncan (1787-1867) was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier with a remarkable array of social, economic, and political contacts in pre-Civil War America. In this, the first biography of Duncan, Martha Jane Brazy offers a compelling new portrait of antebellum life through exploration of Duncan's multifaceted personal networks in both the South and the North.
Duncan grew up in an elite Pennsylvania...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807182915
• ISBN13: 9780807182918
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"