Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk
Dusinberre, WilliamAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
Drawing on previously unexplored records, 'Slavemaster President' recreates the world of Polk's plantation and the personal histories of his slaves, in what is arguably the most careful and vivid account to date of how slavery functioned on a single cotton plantation.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on previously unexplored records, 'Slavemaster President' recreates the world of Polk's plantation and the personal histories of his slaves, in what is arguably the most careful and vivid account to date of how slavery functioned on a single cotton plantation.
Description based on print version record.
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Presidents
Plantation owners
Plantation owners
Slavery
Slavery
United States - General
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