Philip Noel Racine, Frances Melton Racine

Backcountry Slave Trader

William James Smith's Enterprise, 1844-1854

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book includes both the story of slave trader William James Smith and an examination in microcosm of the domestic slave trade in the South's hinterland. The authors provide insight into the life and business of William James Smith to analyze the interior slave trade and characterizations of slave traders.

Produktdetails

• New Studies in Southern History
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781498590822
• ISBN-10: 1498590829
• Artikelnr.: 57748355

Autorenporträt

By Philip Noel Racine and Frances Melton Racine

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Maps Acknowledgments Editorial Policies Smith Family
Tree Table of Monetary Equivalents Introduction Chapter One: Origins of a
Slave Trader Chapter Two: A Peculiar Trade in a Peculiar Institution
Chapter Three: The Market and the Nature of the Trade Chapter Four: Novice
Trader Chapter Five: Maturing Trader Chapter Six: Provisions Chapter Seven:
High Prices, High Profits Conclusion Epilogue The Letters to Elihu Penquite
Smith Slave Trading Ledger of William James Smith, 1844-54 About the
Authors