Los brazos de Dios
Subtitle: a plantation society in the Texas borderlands, 1821-1865
By: Sean M. Kelley.
Series: New dimensions of the American Civil War
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780807136874
Subjects: Plantations -- Texas -- Brazos River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Plantation life -- Texas -- Brazos River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Texas -- Brazos River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Immigrants -- Texas -- Brazos River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Brazos River Valley (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century; Brazos River Valley (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Brazos River Valley (Tex.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description: Historians have long believed that the "frontier" shaped Texas plantation society, but in this detailed examination of Texas's most important plantation region, the author asserts that the dominant influence was not the frontier but the Mexican Republic. The Lower Brazos Rivery Valley--the only slave society to take root under Mexican sovereignty--made replication of eastern plantation culture extremely difficult and complicated. By tracing the synthesis of cultures, races, and politics in the region, the author reveals a distinct variant of southern slavery--a borderland plantation society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Migrations; title: Husbands and wives; title: Masters and slaves; title: Germans, Anglos, and the politics of secession; title: War.