| Them Dark Days Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dusinberre, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820322105 ISBN-13: 9780820322100 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: 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 lift 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 975.700 |
| LCCN: 99055812 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.04" W x 9.03" (1.72 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dusinberre, William: - WILLIAM DUSINBERRE is Reader Emeritus in American History at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Henry Adams: The Myth of Failure and Civil War Issues in Philadelphia, 1856-1865. |