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Plantation And Frontier Documents; 1649-1863 Illustrative Of Industrial History In The Colonial & Ante Bellum South (Volume I)

Plantation And Frontier Documents; 1649-1863 Illustrative Of Industrial History In The Colonial & Ante Bellum South (Volume I)

B. Phillips, Ulrich

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General ReferenceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354448690
ISBN13: 9789354448690
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 5 2021
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind every plantation ledger are human lives and contested histories. Plantation And Frontier Documents; 1649-1863 Illustrative Of Industrial History In The Colonial & Ante Bellum South (Volume I) gathers southern history primary documents that trace the rise of a distinctive economy and society from the seventeenth to nineteenth century south. Drawing on letters, legal records and plantation papers, Ulrich B. Phillips presents an unparalleled plantation records sourcebook revealing how land was claimed, worked and fought over across the colonial and antebellum south. The past still speaks here. From the organisation of plantation economy and labor to glimpses of frontier life in the south, these original voices illuminate power, resistance, and the everyday machinery of enslavement and expansion. For readers of southern plantation slavery studies and for anyone building an american slavery document collection, this classic ulrich b phillips collection stands as both narrative and evidence: a carefully arranged american south research reference as well as a vivid primary source reader for students. Scholars, family historians and collectors alike value its industrial history colonial south perspective, showing plantations as workplaces, markets and contested communities rather than mere backdrops to war and politics. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. An essential addition to any serious library of the American South.

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