Slavery and frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835 / David J. Libby.

American history -- African American studies -- & In the popular imagination the picture of slavery, frozen in time, is one of huge cotton plantations and opulent mansions. However, in over a hundred years of history detailed in this book, the hard reality of slavery in Mississippi's antebe...

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Main Author: Libby, David J., 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • French slavery in colonial Natchez
  • Resettlement of the Natchez region
  • The cotton frontier of territorial Mississippi
  • Slaves in the western migration
  • Defining the boundaries of enslavement
  • The transformation of Mississippi
  • Conclusion: Mississippi, the closed society.