Black Southerners, 1619-1869This 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
A Tentative Beginning | 3 |
The Crucial Eighteenth Century | 25 |
The Maturation of the Plantation | 52 |
Life and Death in the Old South | 85 |
Black Diversity in a Slave Society | 106 |
Community Culture and Rebellion | 140 |
An Unfinished Ending 18611869 | 182 |
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