Freedpeople in the Tobacco South: Virginia, 1860-1900

by Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie

Book Overview

Throughout the colonial and antebellum periods, Virginia's tobacco producers exploited slave labor to ensure the profitability of their agricultural enterprises. In the wake of the Civil War, however, the abolition of slavery, combined with changed market conditions, sparked a breakdown of traditional tobacco culture. Focusing on the transformation of social relations between former slaves and former masters, Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie traces the trajectory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807847631
• ISBN13: 9780807847633
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 9.2"