LoginBlack Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860
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Most Americans, both black and white, believe that slavery was a system maintained by whites to exploit blacks, but this authoritative study reveals the extent to which African Americans played a significant role as slave masters. Examining South Carolina's diverse population of African-American slaveowners, the book demonstrates that free African Americans widely embraced slavery as a viable economic system and that they--like their white counterparts--exploited the labor of slaves on their farms and in their businesses. Drawing on the federal census, wills, mortgage bills of sale, tax returns, and newspaper advertisements, the
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Manufacturer: Mcfarland
Release date: 18 November 2011
ISBN-10 : 0786469315 | ISBN-13: 9780786469314
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Release date: 18 November 2011
ISBN-10 : 0786469315 | ISBN-13: 9780786469314
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