Slavery and frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835
By: David J. Libby.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- 18th century.; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century.; Slavery -- Mississippi -- Natchez (District) -- History.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi -- Natchez (District); Plantation life -- Mississippi -- History.; Plantation life -- Mississippi -- Natchez (District) -- History.; Mississippi -- History -- To 1803.; Natchez (Miss. : District) -- History -- 18th century.; Natchez (Miss. : District) -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-157) and index.
Table of contents: title: French slavery in colonial Natchez; title: Resettlement of the Natchez region; title: The cotton frontier of territorial Mississippi; title: Slaves in the western migration; title: Defining the boundaries of enslavement; title: The transformation of Mississippi; title: Conclusion: Mississippi, the closed society.