Hugh Davis and His Alabama Plantation

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth R. Johnson is Professor of History, University of North Alabama. Zusammenfassung A promising lawyer, Hugh Davis purchased in 1847 the Cahaba River plantation of Beaver Bend, which he operated until his death in 1862. He cleared land, bought slaves, increased his cotton acreage, hired and fired overseers, tried slaves as overseers, experimented with seeds, irrigation and methods of fertilizing soil and erosion prevention.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Weymouth Jordan, Weymouth T. Jordan, Jordan Weymouth
• Verlag: The University of Alabama Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780817350659
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5065-9
• Seiten: 192
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Library of Alabama Classics; Library of Alabama Classics; Library Alabama Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien