Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum South /

"American slavery in the antebellum period was characterized by a massive wave of forced migration as millions of slaves were moved across state lines to the expanding Southwest, scattered locally, and sold or hired out in towns and cities across the South. This book sheds new light on domestic...

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Tác giả chính: Pargas, Damian Alan
Định dạng: Printed Book
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Loạt:Cambridge studies on the American South
Những chủ đề:
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Forced migration > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Migration, Internal > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Migrant labor > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Assimilation (Sociology) > Southern States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Mục lục:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Migration
  • Valuable Bodies
  • The Gathering Storm
  • Changing Places
  • Part II. Assimilation
  • Cogs in the Wheel
  • Managing Newcomers
  • Slave Crucibles
  • Conclusion.

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