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Myths of the plantation society : slavery in the American South and the West Indies
Title:
Myths of the plantation society : slavery in the American South and the West Indies
Author:
Dessens, Nathalie, 1963-
Personal Author:
Dessens, Nathalie, 1963-
Publication Information:
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]

©2003
Physical Description:
x, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
"Discovery" and settlement -- Society, societies -- Comparative systems of slavery -- Ideology, ideologies -- Abolition and its aftermath -- Mythmaking and cultural exception.
Subject Term:
Slavery -- Southern States -- History.

Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions.

African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions.

Plantation life -- Southern States -- History.

Slavery -- West Indies -- History.

Slaves -- West Indies -- Social conditions.

Blacks -- West Indies -- Social conditions.

Plantation life -- West Indies -- History.
Geographic Term:
Southern States -- Race relations.

West Indies -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9780813026824
Format :
Book

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