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Wilma Dunaway breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. She argues that a 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. By drawing on a massive statistical data base derived from antebellum census manuscripts and county tax records of 215 counties in nine states, on a vast array of slaveholder manuscripts, and on regional slave narratives, she pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South enslavement from the Lower South. These include a higher incidence of ethnic mixing between African and Native American slaves, heavier reliance on the field labor of women and children, and more frequent assignment of slaves to non-agricultural occupations. Dunaway also calls into question the notion that large numbers were necessary before slaves could engage in community building and resistance.
Contents
List of maps; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
