Country of the cursed and the driven : slavery and the Texas borderlands / Paul Barba, Pekka Hamalainen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barba, Paul, author.

Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- author.

Series:

Borderlands and transcultural studies.

Borderlands and transcultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Texas.

Slavery.

Texas--History--18th century.

Texas.

Texas--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Summary:

"A sweeping, comparative analysis of the slaving regimes of Hispanic, Comanche, and Anglo American communities in the Texas borderlands during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Maps and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I

1. "Obliged to Punish and Conquer These Indians"

2. "Blinded by the Craving for Slaves"

3. "Reduced to Peace . . . by the Attacks of the Comanches"

Part II

4. "Companions on Campaign"

5. "Honest People . . . from Hell Itself"

Part III

6. "De Overseer Shakes a Blacksnake Whip over Me"

7. "They Should Have Been Entirely Destroyed"

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4962-0835-8

OCLC:

1269101330