Backcountry Slave Trader : William James Smith's Enterprise, 1844-1854 (New Studies in Southern History)

Racine, Philip Noel/ Racine, Frances Melton

Lexington Books（2021/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 156 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781498590846
• DDC分類 306.362092

Full Description

Backcountry Slave Trader explores the life of William James Smith, a South Carolina backcountry slave trader, whose entries in his business ledger and his correspondence were of unusual specificity. The authors' analyze these entries and his correspondence, which they argue provide details about the institutional features of the domestic slave trade not found in earlier published works. The authors examine the attitude of Smith and how he conducted his business, and reveal that the interior slave trade and the characterization of the slave trader are more nuanced than previously thought.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Maps

Acknowledgments

Editorial Policies

Smith Family Tree

Table of Monetary Equivalents

Introduction

Chapter One: Origins of a Slave Trader

Chapter Two: A Peculiar Trade in a Peculiar Institution

Chapter Three: The Market and the Nature of the Trade

Chapter Four: Novice Trader

Chapter Five: Maturing Trader

Chapter Six: Provisions

Chapter Seven: High Prices, High Profits

Conclusion

Epilogue

The Letters to Elihu Penquite Smith

Slave Trading Ledger of William James Smith, 1844-54

About the Authors