The people of Rose Hill : black and white life on a Maryland plantation / Lucy Maddox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maddox, Lucy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forman, Martha Ogle, 1788-1864.

Forman, Martha Ogle.

Forman, Thomas Marsh, 1758-1845.

Forman, Thomas Marsh.

Slavery.

History.

Enslaved persons.

Social conditions.

Plantation owners' spouses.

Plantation owners.

Plantation life.

Rose Hill Plantation (Md.)--History.

Rose Hill Plantation (Md.).

Plantation life--Maryland--Cecil County--History--19th century.

Plantation owners--Maryland--Cecil County--History--19th century.

Plantation owners' spouses--Maryland--Cecil County--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Slavery--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--History.

Cecil County (Md.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Cecil County (Md.).

Enslaved persons--Social conditions.

Maryland--Rose Hill Plantation.

Maryland--Cecil County.

United States--Eastern Shore.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

213 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Black and white life on a Maryland plantation

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The author presents a case study of a single plantation, Rose Hill, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the home of Thomas Marsh Forman (1758-1845) and his wife, Martha Ogle Forman (1788-1864). The author uses Martha Forman's diary, updated daily from her marriage day in 1814 until after the death of her husband, as her primary source of information about the details of life at Rose Hill"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Diary of a Lady

2. The Forman World

3. House and Farm

4. The Enslaved Community

5. On Sassafras Neck

6. Home and Exile

7. World's End.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-208) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781421440958

1421440954

OCLC:

1195818917