Elderly Slaves of the Plantation South

ISBN-13: 9780815327561 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 138 str.

Stacey K. Close; K. Close Stacey

Opis

Demonstrates that elderly slaves contributed substantially to the creation and perpetuation of the unique African American culture and antebellum plantation society in the south. Two subthemes of this argument relate to the fact that the late antebellum period elderly slaves were some of the chief t

Spis treści

Chapter I Beliefs About the Aged; Chapter II The Elderly Male Slaves and the Slave Community; Chapter III The Old Butlers, Companions, and Drivers; Chapter IV Elderly Slaves: Social, Economic, and Health Concerns; Chapter V Nearer to Thee: Old Women in the Quarters; Chapter VI Varying Degrees: Old Slave Women and Owners; conclusion Conclusion;

O autorze

Stacey K. Close