An American Planter

An American Planter

Author: Martha Jane Brazy

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2006-12

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0807142727

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"Duncan grew up in an elite Pennsylvania family with strong business ties in Philadelphia. There was little indication, though, that he would become a cosmopolitan entrepreneur who would own over fifteen plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana, collectively owning more than two thousand slaves. With style and substance, Martha Jane Brazy describes both the development of Duncan's businesses and the lives of the slaves on whose labor his empire was constructed.".


World of a Slave [2 volumes]

World of a Slave [2 volumes]

Author: Kym S. Rice

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-12-13

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 0313349436

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This two-volume encyclopedia is the first to focus on the material life of slaves. Although many encyclopedias discuss slavery, enslaved blacks, and African American life and culture, none focus on the material world of slaves, such as what they saw; touched; heard; ate, drank, and smoked; wore; worked with and in; used, cultivated, crafted, played, and played with; and slept on. The two-volume World of a Slave: Encyclopedia of the Material Life of Slaves in the United States is a landmark work in this important new field of study. Recognizing that a full understanding of the complexity of American slavery and its legacy requires an understanding of the material culture of slavery, the encyclopedia includes entries on almost every aspect of that material culture, beginning in the 17th century and extending through the Civil War. Readers will find information on animals, documents, economy, education and literacy, food and drink, home, music, personal items, places, religion, rites of passage, slavery, structures, and work. There are also introductory essays on literacy and oral culture and on music and dance.


Black and White

Black and White

Author:

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published:

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781617033568

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An assessment of the cultural mix of slave and slave holder


Within the Plantation Household

Within the Plantation Household

Author: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9780807842324

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Discusses how class, race, and gender shaped women's experiences in the South


Images of the Recent Past

Images of the Recent Past

Author: Charles E. Orser

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 1996-08-15

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 0759117659

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Historical archaeology has been without a definitive, up-to-date collection that reflects the breadth of the field_until now. Orser's book brings together classic and contemporary articles that demonstrate the development of the field over the last twenty years, both in North America and throughout the world. Orser's selections represent a wide variety of locales and perspectives and include works by many of the leading figures in the field. Engaging articles make it accessible to any interested reader, and superb for historical archaeology classes.


Afro-Americans in Antebellum Boston

Afro-Americans in Antebellum Boston

Author: Carol Buchalter Stapp

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1317730240

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First published in 1993. The probate records of antebellum black Bostonians offer an ideal opportunity to compare the literature to a primary source, both in terms of content and method. Critical reviews of the scholarship, first, on black social history and, then, on probate inventories as historic sources precede an examination of the probate records themselves and a comparison of the literature to probate records. The study concludes by indicating that the shortcomings of probate records arise from their leaving much mysterious or misunderstood without recourse to other sources while their strengths residei n their intimate and subtle suggestions for understanding a purportedly inarticulate population.


Stewards of Memory

Stewards of Memory

Author: Carol Borchert Cadou

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0813941539

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Mount Vernon, despite its importance as the estate of George Washington, is subject to the same threats of time as any property and has required considerable resources and organization to endure as a historic site and house. This book provides a window into the broad scope of preservation work undertaken at Mount Vernon over the course of more than 160 years and places this work within the context of America’s regional and national preservation efforts. It was at Mount Vernon, beginning with efforts in 1853, that the American tradition of historic preservation truly took hold. As the nation’s oldest historic house museum, Mount Vernon offers a unique opportunity to chronicle preservation challenges and successes over time as well as to forecast those of the future. Stewards of Memory features essays by senior scholars who helped define American historic preservation in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, including Carl R. Lounsbury, George W. McDaniel, and Carter L. Hudgins. Their contributions—complemented by those of Scott E. Casper, Lydia Mattice Brandt, and Mount Vernon’s own preservation scholars—offer insights into the changing nature of the field. The multifaceted story told here will be invaluable to students of historic preservation, historic site professionals, specialists in the preservation field, and any reader with an interest in American historic preservation and Mount Vernon. Support provided by the David Bruce Smith Book Fund and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon.


Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground

Author: Leland Ferguson

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2012-01-11

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1588343588

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Winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's prestigious James Mooney Award, Uncommon Ground takes a unique archaeological approach to examining early African American life. Ferguson shows how black pioneers worked within the bars of bondage to shape their distinct identity and lay a rich foundation for the multicultural adjustments that became colonial America.Through pre-Revolutionary period artifacts gathered from plantations and urban slave communities, Ferguson integrates folklore, history, and research to reveal how these enslaved people actually lived. Impeccably researched and beautifully written.