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Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum South

Title
Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum South / Damian Alan Pargas, Leiden University.
Author
Pargas, Damian Alan
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description
xii, 281 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"American slavery in the antebellum period was characterized by a massive wave of forced migration as millions of slaves were moved across state lines to the expanding Southwest, scattered locally, and sold or hired out in towns and cities across the South. This book sheds new light on domestic forced migration by examining the experiences of American-born slave migrants from a comparative perspective. Juxtaposing and contrasting the experiences of long-distance, local, and urban slave migrants, it analyzes how different migrant groups anticipated, reacted to, and experienced forced removal, as well as how they adapted to their new homes"--
Series Statement
Cambridge studies on the American South
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies on the American South.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Migration -- Valuable Bodies -- The Gathering Storm -- Changing Places -- Part II. Assimilation -- Cogs in the Wheel -- Managing Newcomers -- Slave Crucibles -- Conclusion.
Call Number
Sc E 16-839
ISBN
  • 9781107031210
  • 1107031214
  • 9781107658967
  • 1107658969
LCCN
2014026588
OCLC
903918648
Author
Pargas, Damian Alan, author.
Title
Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum South / Damian Alan Pargas, Leiden University.
Publisher
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cambridge studies on the American South
Cambridge studies on the American South.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index.
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-839
JFE 16-10446
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