Bibliograph

Back of the big house, the architecture of plantation slavery, John Michael Vlach

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Back of the big house, the architecture of plantation slavery, John Michael Vlach

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsplansillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Back of the big house

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

26851074

Responsibility statement

John Michael Vlach

Series statement

The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies

Sub title

the architecture of plantation slavery

Summary

Interviews with former slaves and photographs and architectural drawings present an idea of the role Blacks played in the antebellum South

Table Of Contents

The plantation landscape -- Big house quarters -- The yard -- Kitchens -- Smokehouses -- Outbuildings -- Barns and stables -- Production machinery and buildings -- Overseers' houses -- Buildings for slave welfare -- Quarters for field slaves -- Plantation landscape ensembels -- Conclusion

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