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The American dreams of John B. Prentis, slave trader / Kari J. Winter.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Winter, Kari J., author.
Series:
Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Slaveholders--Virginia--Biography.
Slaveholders.
Slave traders--Virginia--Biography.
Slave traders.
Slavery--Social aspects--Virginia--History.
Slavery.
Virginia--Race relations.
Virginia.
Virginia--Social conditions.
Williamsburg (Va.)--Biography.
Williamsburg (Va.).
Richmond (Va.)--Biography.
Richmond (Va.).
Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848.
Prentis, John B.
Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848--Family.
Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848--Political and social views.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (235 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2011]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The first major biography of an unrepentant slave trader, this story illuminates the intertwined politics of labor, race, class, and gender in the young American nation. Winter's life-and-times portrayal of a Prentis illuminates the clash between two American dreams: one of wealth, the other of equality.
Contents:
Possessive relations
Apprenticeship
Brotherly collusions
Slave trading
Family values
Wills and possessions
Relic(t)s.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780820339535
0820339539
OCLC:
882236612

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