Slaves of Liberty - Freedom in Amite County, Mississippi, 1820-1868

This study focuses on the lives of the black slave majority in the deep South in the mid-19th century. The topics of civil law, demographics, the role of the church, family life, plantation economics, and gender issues are all revealed through careful study of primary sources previously unexamined by historians. The author has meticulously researched newspapers, court transcripts, county archives, church minutes, plantation journals, and oral histories to produce an astonishingly detailed picture of the lives of blacks and whites during this critical period. The readable narrative was nominated for the Allan Nevins Prize for dissertations in American history in 1993.

List of contents

Series Editors' Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1. Amite County, Mississippi, Chapter 2. The Color of Law, Chapter 3. The Broken Circle: Our Family, Black and White, Chapter 4. The Kindlier Sphere: The Women of Amite County, Chapter 5. Plantations of the Lord, Chapter 6. War, Chapter 7. Emancipation, Chapter 8. I and Tone: The Lives of Eli and Tony Capell, Chapter 9. Conclusion, Appendix, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Dale Edwyna Smith

Summary

This study focuses on the lives of the black slave majority in the deep South in the mid-19th century. The topics of civil law, demographics, the role of the church, family life, plantation economics, and gender issues are all revealed through careful study of primary sources previously unexamined by historians. The author has meticulously researched newspapers, court transcripts, county archives, church minutes, plantation journals, and oral histories to produce an astonishingly detailed picture of the lives of blacks and whites during this critical period. The readable narrative was nominated for the Allan Nevins Prize for dissertations in American history in 1993.

Product details

• Authors: Dale Edwyna Smith, Dale Edwyna (Washington University Smith, Smith Dale Edwyna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138982109
• ISBN: 978-1-138-98210-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Crosscurrents in African Ameri; Crosscurrents in African American History; Crosscurrents in African American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Slavery and abolition of slavery