Philip Noel Racine, Frances Melton Racine

Backcountry Slave Trader

William James Smith's Enterprise, 1844-1854

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is both the story of William James Smith, a South Carolina backcountry slave trader, and an examination in microcosm of the domestic slave trade in the South's hinterland. The authors examine the life and business of William James Smith, revealing the interior slave trade and the slave trader are more nuanced than previously thought.

Produktdetails

• New Studies in Southern History
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9781498590846
• ISBN-10: 1498590845
• Artikelnr.: 61331330

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