Mistresses and Slaves Plantation Women in South Carolina, 1830-80 |
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| Author:
| Weiner, Marli F. |
| Series title: | Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06623-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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Marli Weiner challenges much of the received wisdom on the domestic realm of the nineteenth-century southern plantation - a world in which white mistresses and female slaves labored together to provide food, clothing, and medicines to the larger plantation community. Although divided by race, black and white women were joined by common female ......
Marli Weiner challenges much of the received wisdom on the domestic realm of the nineteenth-century southern plantation - a world in which white mistresses and female slaves labored together to provide food, clothing, and medicines to the larger plantation community. Although divided by race, black and white women were joined by common female ......