Slavery in the American Mountain South

by Wilma A. Dunaway

Book Overview

Wilma Dunaway breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. She argues that a region was not buffered from the political, economic, and social impacts of enslavement simply because it was characterized by low black population density and small slaveholdings. By drawing on a massive statistical data base derived from antebellum census manuscripts and county tax records of 215 counties in nine states, on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521012155
• ISBN13: 9780521012157
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"