Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865

by William L. Andrews

Book Overview

"The distinction among slaves is as marked, as the classes of society are in any aristocratic community. Some refusing to associate with others whom they deem to be beneath them, in point of character, color, condition, or the superior importance of their respective masters." Henry Bibb, fugitive slave, editor, and antislavery activist, stated this in his Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb (1849). In William L. Andrews's magisterial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197547311
• ISBN13: 9780197547311
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"