Black Southerners, 1619-1869

Black Southerners, 1619-1869
ISBN-10
0813183065
ISBN-13
9780813183060
Category
Social Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2021-05-11
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Author
John B. Boles

Description

This revealing interpretation of the black experience in the South 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 bondsmen, the maturation of slave culture, the varieties of slave resistance, and the participation of blacks in the Civil War, Black Southerners provides a balanced and judicious treatment.

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