Slavery in the American Mountain South

by Wilma A. Dunaway

• ISBN13: 9780521012157
• ISBN10: 0521012155
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Wilma Dunaway breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. She argues that the region was not buffered from the political, economic, and social impacts of enslavement simply because it was characterized by low black population density and small slaveholdings. Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South enslavement from the Lower South, by drawing on a massive statistical data base derived from antebellum census manuscripts and county tax records of 215 counties in nine states, slaveholder manuscripts, and regional slave narratives.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Slavery's grip on the Mountain South

2. Labor management on mountain plantations

3. Slaves in commerce and travel capitalism

4. Slaves in industry and manufacturing

5. Slavery and poor whites in the Mountain South

6. Repression and antisystemic resistance on mountain plantations

7. Cultural resistance and community building on mountain plantations

Conclusion.