Murder at Montpelier : Igbo Africans in Virginia

Murder at Montpelier : Igbo Africans in Virginia / Douglas B. Chambers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chambers, Douglas B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2005.
Subjects:
Madison, Ambrose, > ca. 1696-1732 > Death and burial.
Madison, James, > 1751-1836 > Family.
Montpelier (Va. : Dwelling) > History.
Slaves > Virginia > Orange County > Social conditions > 18th century.
Igbo (African people) > Cultural assimilation > Virginia > Orange County > History > 18th century.
Plantation life > Virginia > Orange County > History > 18th century.
Culture conflict > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Murder > Virginia > Orange County > History > 18th century.
Virginia > Race relations.
Orange County (Va.) > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Igbo Africans
  • Atlantic Africans and the Charter Event of Montpelier
  • Out of Calabar: The Igbo Hinterland
  • Village-Level Society in "Eboan Africa"
  • The Significance of Poison-- In Virginia
  • The Seating of Mt. Pleasant and the Development of a Regional Community
  • The Madisons' Slave Community: The Charter Generation
  • A Montpelier Community of Slaves: The Creolizing Generation
  • The Creole Generations: Peak and Decline
  • A Long Memory
  • Historical Creolization in Virginia
  • Conclusion: A Thread of Evidence
  • Appendixes: A. New Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 16761775
  • B. Madison Family Slave Population, 17201850
  • C. Census of Madison Family Slaves, 17321868
  • D. Selected Orange County Tithables, 17381782
  • E. Dispersal of Madison Family Slaves, 1770s1850s
  • F. Account of Montpelier Plantation, ca. 1795.

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