Lines in the sand
Subtitle: race and class in lowcountry Georgia, 1750-1860
By: Timothy James Lockley.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Social classes -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century; Social classes -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century; Slaves -- Georgia -- Social conditions; African Americans -- Georgia -- Social conditions; Rural poor -- Georgia -- History; Whites -- Georgia -- Social conditions; Georgia -- History -- 1775-1865; Georgia -- Race relations; Georgia -- Social conditions
Description: "Lines in the Sand is Timothy Lockley's look at the interaction between nonslaveholding whites and African Americans in lowcountry Georgia from the introduction of slavery in the state to the beginning of the Civil War. The study focuses on poor whites living in a society where they were dominated politically and economically by a planter elite and outnumbered by slaves."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-272) and index.