Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860

by Larry Koger

Book Overview

Drawing on the federal census, wills, mortgage bills of sale, tax returns, and newspaper advertisements, this authoritative study describes the nature of African-American slaveholding, its complexity, and its rationales. It reveals how some African-American slave masters had earned their freedom and how some free Blacks purchased slaves for their own use. The book provides a fresh perspective on slavery in the antebellum South and underscores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786469315
• ISBN13: 9780786469314
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher