Back of the big house
Subtitle: the architecture of plantation slavery
By: John Michael Vlach.
Series: The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions; Space (Architecture) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Vernacular architecture -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Southern States -- Social conditions
Description: Interviews with former slaves and photographs and architectural drawings present an idea of the role Blacks played in the antebellum South.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index.