Backcountry Slave Trader - William James Smith''s Enterprise, 18441854

This book is both the story of William James Smith, a South Carolina backcountry slave trader, and an examination in microcosm of the domestic slave trade in the South's hinterland. The authors examine the life and business of William James Smith, revealing the interior slave trade and the slave trader are more nuanced than previously thought.

List of 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

About the author

Philip Noel Racine is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus at Wofford College.

Fran Racine is retired from over thirty years of teaching U.S. and European history at the secondary and college levels.

Product details

• Authors: Frances Melton Racine, Philip Noel Racine, Philip Noel Racine Racine
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781498590846
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9084-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: New Studies in Southern Histor; New Studies in Southern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination