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