Money Over Mastery, Family Over Freedom: Slavery in the Antebellum Upper South

Money Over Mastery, Family Over Freedom: Slavery in the Antebellum Upper South
ISBN-10
1421400367
ISBN-13
9781421400365
Category
History
Pages
295
Language
English
Published
2011-06-15
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Calvin Schermerhorn

Description

Traces the story of how slaves seized opportunities that emerged from North Carolina's pre-Civil War modernization and economic diversification to protect their families from being sold, revealing the integral role played by empowered African-American families in regional antebellum economics and politics. Simultaneous.

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