Black Southerners, 1619-1869 / John B. Boles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boles, John B.

Series:

New Perspectives on the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation life--Southern States--History.

Plantation life.

African Americans--Southern States--History.

African Americans.

Slavery--Southern States--History.

Slavery.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This interpretation of the black experience in the South revealing emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich, hybrid African American culture. From the incisive discussion on the origins of slavery in the Chesapeake colonies, John Boles embarks on an interpretation of a vast body of demographic, anthropological, and comparative scholarship to explore the character of black bondage in the American South. On such diverse issues as black population growth, the strength of the slave family, the efficiency and profitability of slavery, the diet and health care of bon

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; 1. A Tentative Beginning; 2. The Crucial Eighteenth Century; 3. The Maturation of the Plantation System, 1776-1860; 4. Life and Death in the Old South; 5. Black Diversity in a Slave Society; 6. Community, Culture, and Rebellion; 7. An Unfinished Ending, 1861-1869; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [214]-239.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813157863

0813157862

OCLC:

565521894