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9780807844120

Back of the Big House

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807844120

  • ISBN10:

    0807844128

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

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Splendid. Using photographs and drawings from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) dating back to the 1930s, oral histories of former slaves taken by the Federal Writers Program, antebellum travel accounts and agricultural journals, modern agricultural histories, and the vast literature on the history of slavery, Vlach deftly weaves an account of plantation life in the slave's territory, back of the 'Big House. Design Book Review

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xvii
the Plantation Landscapep. 1
Big Quartersp. 18
the Yardp. 33
Kitchensp. 43
Smokehousesp. 63
Outbuildingsp. 77
Barns and Stablesp. 107
Production Machinery and Buildingsp. 123
Overseers' Housesp. 135
Building for Slave Welfarep. 142
Quarters for Field Slavesp. 153
Plantation Landscape Ensemblesp. 183
Conclusionp. 228
Notesp. 237
Indexp. 251
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