Them Dark Days

Slavery in the American Rice Swamps

By:

William Dusinberre

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Paperback / softback

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Them Dark Days is a study of the callous, capitalistic nature of the vast rice plantations along the southeastern coast. It is essential reading for anyone whose view of slavery's horrors might be softened by the current historical emphasis on slave community and family and slave autonomy and empowerment. Looking at Gowrie and Butler Island plantations in Georgia and Chicora Wood in South Carolina, William Dusinberre considers a wide range of issues related to daily life and work there: health, economics, politics, dissidence, coercion, discipline, paternalism, and privilege. Based on overseers' letters, slave testimonies, and plantation records, Them Dark Days offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action and casts a sharp new light on slave history.

Author Biography:

William Dusinberre is Reader Emeritus in American History at the University of Warwick. He is the author of "Henry Adams: The Myth of Failure" and "Civil War Issues in Philadelphia, 1856-1865."

Release date NZ

April 30th, 2000

Author

William Dusinberre

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

2 b&w photographs, 1 map, bibliography, index

Pages

576

Dimensions

152x230x40

ISBN-13

9780820322100

Product ID

6068220

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