Slavery in the American Mountain South

by Wilma A. Dunaway

Overview

Wilma Dunaway breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. She argues that the region was not buffered from the political, economic, and social impacts of enslavement simply because it was characterized by low black population density and small slaveholdings. Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South enslavement from the Lower South, by drawing on a massive statistical data base derived from antebellum census manuscripts and county tax records of 215 counties in nine states, slaveholder manuscripts, and regional slave narratives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521012157
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/19/2003
Series:	Studies in Modern Capitalism
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

List of maps; Introduction; 1. Slavery's grip on the Mountain South; 2. Labor management on mountain plantations; 3. Slaves in commerce and travel capitalism; 4. Slaves in industry and manufacturing; 5. Slavery and poor whites in the Mountain South; 6. Repression and antisystemic resistance on mountain plantations; 7. Cultural resistance and community building on mountain plantations; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Dunaway's historical sociology has had an inestimable impact on scholars' understanding of the Appalachian South. Her new book is a major contribution to the reconceptualization of Appalachian and southern history and comparative slavery studies.... Essential." Choice

"Dunaway's historical sociology has had an inestimable impact on scholars understanding of the Appalachian South. Her new book is a major contribution to the reconceptualization of Appalachian and southern history and comparative slavery studies.... Essential." Choice

"Slavery in the American Mountain South is a useful contribution to Appalachian Studies. It breaks new ground in many ways, and it enriches the old ground it covers. The author's industry is impressive and her ambition to dominate the next generation of slavery studies in Appalachia is likely to be realize." Appalachian Journal

"It is clear that regional scholars will be reading and discussing Wilma Dunaway's work for yet another decade and probably beyond." Journal of Appalachian Studies

"...well written with extensive endnoes and detailed bibliographies...valuable for historians and students of southern history and African American history as well as the general reader." The Journal of Southern History, Dorothy A. Smith Akubue-Brice, Lynchburg College

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