After the war Davidson managed his plantation, created shad fisheries, helped develop the local iron industry with his sons-in-law and was an early planter of cotton. His sons and grandsons, along with their slave families, continuously increased and improved the acreage and became early practitioners of scientific farming. Drawing on public documents, family papers and slave records, this history describes how a fiercely independent family grew their lands and fortunes into a lasting legacy.
After the war Davidson managed his plantation, created shad fisheries, helped develop the local iron industry with his sons-in-law and was an early planter of cotton. His sons and grandsons, along with their slave families, continuously increased and improved the acreage and became early practitioners of scientific farming. Drawing on public documents, family papers and slave records, this history describes how a fiercely independent family grew their lands and fortunes into a lasting legacy.
The Davidson Family of Rural Hill, North Carolina: Three Generations on a Piedmont Plantation
246The Davidson Family of Rural Hill, North Carolina: Three Generations on a Piedmont Plantation
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ISBN-13: | 9781476680484 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
Publication date: | 02/12/2020 |
Pages: | 246 |
Sales rank: | 763,208 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.70(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |