<p><i>Them Dark Days</i> is a study of the callous, capitalistic nature of the vast rice plantations along the southeastern coast. It is essential reading for anyone whose view of slavery&;s horrors might be softened by the current historical emphasis on slave community and family and slave autonomy and empowerment.<br><br>Looking at Gowrie and Butler Island plantations in Georgia and Chicora Wood in South Carolina, William Dusinberre considers a wide range of issues related to daily life and work there: health, economics, politics, dissidence, coercion, discipline, paternalism, and privilege. Based on overseers&; letters, slave testimonies, and plantation records, <i>Them Dark Days</i> offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action and casts a sharp new light on slave history.</p>
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WILLIAM DUSINBERRE is Reader Emeritus in American History at the University of Warwick. He is the author of <i>Henry Adams: The Myth of Failure</i> and <i>Civil War Issues in Philadelphia, 1856-1865</i>.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Them Dark Days is a study of the callous, capitalistic nature of the vast rice plantations along the southeastern coast. It is essential reading for anyone whose view of slavery's horrors might be softened by the current historical emphasis on slave community and family and slave autonomy and empowerment. Looking at Gowrie and Butler Island plantations in Georgia and Chicora Wood in South Carolina, William Dusinberre considers a wide range of issues related to daily life and work there: health, economics, politics, dissidence, coercion, discipline, paternalism, and privilege. Based on overseers' letters, slave testimonies, and plantation records, Them Dark Days offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action and casts a sharp new light on slave history. Artikel-Nr. 9780820322100
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