Cultivating Race: The Expansion of Slavery in Georgia, 1750-1860

by Watson W. Jennison

Book Overview

By the 1850s, Georgia had established itself as one of the largest cotton-producing states in the South. During the previous century, the state had transformed from a multi-racial society of individuals from European, African, and Native American descent into a slavery-based society where white became synonymous with free and black with enslaved. Tens of thousands of men and women experienced the hardships and tragedies of the slave trade. Relegated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813134269
• ISBN13: 9780813134260
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher