Bibliograph

The slave community, plantation life in the antebellum South, John W. Blassingame

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The slave community, plantation life in the antebellum South, John W. Blassingame

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The slave community

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

4492000

Responsibility statement

John W. Blassingame

Sub title

plantation life in the antebellum South

Summary

Examines Black pre-Civil War culture and the slave family, detailing sexual attitudes, courtship practices and wedding ceremonies, childrearing, familial roles, language, and discipline

Table Of Contents

1. Enslavement, acculturation, and African survivals -- 2. The Americanization of the slave and the Africanization of the South -- 3. Culture -- 4. The slave family -- 5. Rebels and runaways -- 6. Plantation stereotypes and institutional roles -- 7. Plantation realities -- 8. Slave personality types -- Appendix I. Comparative examination of total institutions -- Appendix II. African words, numerals, and sentences used by former slaves in Georgia and South Carolina in the 1890s -- Appendix III. Statistics on slaves and slavery : observations and tables

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