{"product_id":"sugar-and-slavery-family-and-race-the-letters-and-diary-of-pierre-dessalles-planter-in-martinique-1808-1856-9780801851544","title":"Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diary of Pierre Dessalles, Planter in Martinique, 1808-1856","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiaries of nineteenth-century plantation managers are rare; diaries of French sugar planters are rarer still. Although such works as the diaries of Ella Gertrude Thomas and James Henry Hammond provide insight into the plantation societies of the antebellum South, virtually no contemporary source treats planter-slave relations as extensively, or presents a white planter's views on slave society in as much detail, as do the letters and diary of Pierre Dessalles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Elborg Forster and Robert Forster have translated and edited the most historically and socially significant portions of this unusual work. Previously available only in a four-volume French edition, these materials treat a wide range of topics, including the slave economy, management and socialization of the labor force, the role of free blacks in society, the lives led by the plantation owners, and, significantly, black-white relations before, during, and after emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierre Dasalles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.01w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801851544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElborg Forster \u003c\/b\u003e has translated (with Patricia Ranum) seven volumes of articles from the \u003ci\u003eAnnales\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other historical works. \u003cb\u003eRobert Forster \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eMerchants, Landlords, Magistrates\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Saulx-Tavanes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003eJohns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136289517683,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e410c366-370f-4dd2-92fb-9cf2429f9e0a.jpg?v=1654262686","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sugar-and-slavery-family-and-race-the-letters-and-diary-of-pierre-dessalles-planter-in-martinique-1808-1856-9780801851544","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}