num_pages: 368
description: Wilma Dunaway breaks new ground by focusing on slave experiences on small plantations in the Upper South. She argues that the region was not buffered from the political, economic, and social impacts of enslavement simply because it was characterized by low black population density and small slaveholdings. Dunaway pinpoints several indicators that distinguished Mountain South enslavement from the Lower South, by drawing on a massive statistical data base derived from antebellum census manuscripts and county tax records of 215 counties in nine states, slaveholder manuscripts, and regional slave narratives.
language: English
title: Slavery in the American Mountain South
titlecomplete: Slavery in the American Mountain South (Studies in Modern Capitalism)
genres: History
ratings_count: 8
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Weatherford Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Cambridge University Press