The Quarters and the Fields: Slave Families in the Non-Cotton South (New Perspectives on the History of the South)
In The Quarters and the Fields, Damian Alan Pargas investigates the formation and resilience of slave families in the non-cotton South. Part of the New Perspectives on the History of the South series, this book reveals how enslaved communities navigated life in diverse regions, from tobacco fields to urban settings, shaping a nuanced view of Southern slavery's complexities.
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The Quarters and the Fields examines slave families within the non-cotton regions of the American South, offering new perspectives on Southern history.
Author Damian Alan Pargas delves into the social structures and daily experiences of enslaved people in areas not dominated by cotton production.
This work highlights the diversity of slavery's impact across different agricultural and economic contexts in the antebellum South.
Through careful analysis, it contributes to a broader understanding of family life under enslavement in varied Southern landscapes.
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