Slavery in the American Mountain South

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.

Author: Wilma A. Dunaway
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/19/2003
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.34w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780521012157

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 972

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