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Seen/Unseen : Hidden Lives in a Community of Enslaved Georgians.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawton, Christopher R., 1972-
- Series:
- New Perspectives on the Civil War Era
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Social conditions.
- Enslaved persons.
- Plantation life.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Plantation life--Georgia--History--19th century--Sources.
- African Americans--Georgia--History--19th century--Sources.
- Enslaved persons--Georgia--Social conditions--19th century--Sources.
- African Americans--Georgia--Social conditions--19th century--Sources.
- Georgia.
- Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862.
- Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868.
- Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar, 1818-1889--Correspondence.
- Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868--Correspondence.
- Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862--Correspondence.
- Mills, Aggy Carter, approximately 1826-approximately 1901.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Seen/Unseen
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "The author-editors of Seen/unseen: hidden lives in a Georgia slave community draw upon the letters and documents left behind by the Cobb-Lamar family to uncover the lost histories of enslaved peoples in the South. Each of the book's three sections begins with an introductory essay that provides context regarding the primary documents and letters included in the section. The first two sections explore the daily lives and relationships of slaves on several of the Cobb-Lamar plantations and their attempts to exert agency over their enslaved conditions. The last section examines closely the life of Aggy, Howell and Mary Ann Cobb's most trusted house servant"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Maps and Genealogical Charts
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. "Gilded Trappings"
- Chapter 2. "Those Who Are Dependent upon Us and Completely in Our Power"
- Chapter 3. "Everything Is Deranged about the House … There Is No Head or Foot, No Mistress or Maid"
- Chapter 4. "I Hope You Will Not Think That I Am Ungratful"
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-5896-7
- OCLC:
- 1245772209
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