A fresh and inventive method of presenting some lesser-known aspects of slavery to both scholars and students. Ronald Traylor, Southeastern Louisiana University
Pargas redefines the meaning of slave agency to examine the varying ability of enslaved workers to shape and protect their domestic arrangements. Larry Hudson, University of RochesterThe Quarters and the Fields offers a unique approach to the examination of slavery. Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, Damian Pargas compares the practice of slavery among the other major agricultural...
A fresh and inventive method of presenting some lesser-known aspects of slavery to both scholars and students. Ronald Traylor, Southeastern Louisi...
Introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different ""spaces of freedom"" that fugitive slaves inhabited. It also provides a groundbreaking continental view of fugitive slave migration, moving beyond the usual regional or national approaches to explore locations in Canada, the US South, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different ""spaces of freedom"" that fugitive slaves inhabited. It also pr...