To have and to hold : slave work and family life in antebellum South Carolina

To have and to hold : slave work and family life in antebellum South Carolina /

Looking closely at both the slaves' and masters' worlds in low, middle, and up-country South Carolina, Larry E. Hudson Jr. covers a wide range of economic and social topics related to the opportunities given to slaves to produce and trade their own food and other goods - contingent on firs...

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Main Author: Hudson, Larry E., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1997
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Social conditions.
Enslaved persons > Family relationships > South Carolina.
Plantation life > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
South Carolina > History > 1775-1865.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. For Better for Worse: The Slaves' World of Work
  • 2. For Richer for Poorer: The Family as an Economic Unit
  • 3. In Sickness and in Health: Disease, Death, and Family Disruption
  • 4. To Love and to Cherish: The Slave Family
  • Conclusion: To Have and to Hold.

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