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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820201703321

Autore

Hudson Larry E. <1952->

Titolo

To have and to hold : slave work and family life in antebellum South Carolina / / Larry E. Hudson, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c1997

ISBN

1-282-72623-4

9786612726231

0-8203-3727-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

305.5/67/09757

Soggetti

Slaves - South Carolina - Social conditions

Slaves - Family relationships - South Carolina

Plantation life - South Carolina - History - 19th century

South Carolina History 1775-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Genealogical Charts -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE: For Better for Worse: The Slaves' World of Work -- TWO: For Richer for Poorer: The Family as an Economic Unit -- THREE: In Sickness and in Health: Disease, Death, and Family Disruption -- FOUR: To Love and to Cherish: The Slave Family -- CONCLUSION: To Have and to Hold -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.