Tobacco and Slaves : The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800.
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- Agriculture-Economic aspects-Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)-History
- Tobacco industry-Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)-History
- Plantation life-Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)-History
- Slavery-Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)-History
- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)-Economic conditions
- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)-Social conditions
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Intro -- Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Introduction: The Making of a Slave Society -- Part I: The Political Economy of Tobacco -- 1. From Outpost to Slave Society, 1620-1700 -- 2. Land and Labor in the Household Economy, 1680-1800 -- 3. The Troubles with Tobacco, 1700-1750 -- 4. The Perils of Prosperity, 1740-1800 -- Part II: White Society -- 5. The Origins of Domestic Patriarchy among White Families -- 6. From Neighborhood to Kin Group: The Development of a Clan System -- 7. The Rise of the Chesapeake Gentry -- Part III: Black Society -- 8. From Africa to the Chesapeake: Origins of Black Society -- 9. Beginnings of the Afro-American Family -- 10. Slavery and Segregation: Race Relations in the Chesapeake -- Afterword: The Birth of the Old South -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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