| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 556 pages) : illustrations, map |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-540) and index. |
| Contents |
I: GOWRIE: A MANIGAULT ESTATE; II: BUTLER ISLAND; III: ROBERT ALLSTON'S PLANTATIONS; IV: THE WIDER SCENE; Appendixes; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
In this groundbreaking book, Dusinberre conducts an intense investigation of slavery in the rice swamps of South Carolina and Georgia. Concentrated there were some of the richest--and most expansive--plantations of the South. It was an unhealthy region for both blacks and whites; slavery, in the swamps, was administered with particular severity. Focusing on three of the largest plantations, Dusinberre presents portraits of individuals, both black and white, who personify and exemplify the harsh realities of the slave system. Them Dark Days offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action; wh. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery. |
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South Carolina. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Rice -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
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Rice. |
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Plantation life -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
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Plantation life. |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1899 |
| Indexed Term |
Slavery History |
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South Carolina |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dusinberre, William, 1930- Them dark days. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996 (DLC) 94038350 |
| ISBN |
9780198025108 (electronic book) |
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0198025106 (electronic book) |
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0195090217 (Cloth) |
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9780195090215 |
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