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Masters, Slaves, and Exchange

Masters, Slaves, and Exchange

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Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South

19th Century United States HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1107636647
ISBN13: 9781107636644
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 23 2013
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
This book examines the political economy of the master-slave relationship viewed through the lens of consumption and market exchange. What did it mean when human chattel bought commodities, stole property, or gave and received gifts? Forgotten exchanges, this study argues, measured the deepest questions of worth and value, shaping an enduring struggle for power between slaves and masters. The slaves' internal economy focused intense paternalist negotiation on a ground where categories of exchange - provision, gift, contraband, and commodity - were in constant flux. At once binding and alienating, these ties endured constant moral stresses and material manipulation by masters and slaves alike, galvanizing conflict and engendering complex new social relations on and off the plantation.

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