The Slaves of Liberty: Freedom in Amite County, Mississippi, 1820-1868

by Dale Edwy Smith and Dale Edwyna Smith

Book Overview

This study focuses on the lives of the black slave majority in the deep South in the mid-19th century. The topics of civil law, demographics, the role of the church, family life, plantation economics, and gender issues are all revealed through careful study of primary sources previously unexamined by historians. The author has meticulously researched newspapers, court transcripts, county archives, church minutes, plantation journals, and oral histories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138982105
• ISBN13: 9781138982109
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"