Backcountry Slave Trader

William James Smith's Enterprise, 1844–1854

AvPhilip Noel Racine,Frances Melton Racine

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien New Studies in Southern History

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Beskrivning

Backcountry Slave Trader explores the life of William James Smith, a South Carolina backcountry slave trader, whose entries in his business ledger and his correspondence were of unusual specificity. The authors’ analyze these entries and his correspondence, which they argue provide details about the institutional features of the domestic slave trade not found in earlier published works. The authors examine the attitude of Smith and how he conducted his business, and reveal that the interior slave trade and the characterization of the slave trader are more nuanced than previously thought.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-13
Mått:156 x 217 x 11 mm
Vikt:295 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Studies in Southern History
Antal sidor:156
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498590846

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Philip Noel Racine is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus at Wofford College.Fran Racine is retired from over thirty years of teaching U.S. and European history at the secondary and college levels.

Recensioner i media

Two ‘hot’ topics in history today are the too-long neglected story of the internal slave trade—a massive forced migration of people across the South—and slavery’s role in the development of capitalism. William James Smith’s ledger helps us understand both by showing how a small-time capitalist slave trader plied his trade, something historians have rarely explored. In Backcountry Slave Trader, therefore, the Racines make an invaluable primary source readily available. And they do much more. They provide a deft discussion of the social and cultural context in which Smith operated and an insightful analysis of what his ledger and letters reveal about the internal slave trade.

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsMapsAcknowledgmentsEditorial PoliciesSmith Family TreeTable of Monetary EquivalentsIntroductionChapter One: Origins of a Slave TraderChapter Two: A Peculiar Trade in a Peculiar InstitutionChapter Three: The Market and the Nature of the TradeChapter Four: Novice TraderChapter Five: Maturing TraderChapter Six: ProvisionsChapter Seven: High Prices, High ProfitsConclusionEpilogueThe Letters to Elihu Penquite SmithSlave Trading Ledger of William James Smith, 1844-54About the Authors