Freedpeople in the Tobacco South: Virginia, 1860-1900
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Throughout the colonial and antebellum periods, Virginia's tobacco producers exploited slave labor to ensure the profitability of their agricultural enterprises. In the wake of the Civil War, however, the abolition of slavery, combined with changed market conditions, sparked a breakdown of traditional tobacco culture. Focusing on the transformation of social relations between former slaves and former masters, Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie traces the trajectory...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807847631
ISBN13:9780807847633
Release Date:April 1999
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 9.2"
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