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Plain Folk and Gentry in a Slave Society

White Liberty and Black Slavery in Augusta's Hinterlands

Plain Folk and Gentry in a Slave Society( )
Author: Harris, J. William
ISBN:978-0-8071-2265-5
Publication Date:Apr 1998
Publisher:LSU Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.95
Book Description:

In this exciting study of the communities on both sides of the Savannah River in Georgia and South Carolina, J. William Harris explores two great ironies of American history?the South?s commitment to a liberty supported by slavery and its attempt to maintain the status quo with a war that undermined southern society. Relying on strong research in quantifiable data as well as manuscript records, Harris examines why white southerners?most of whom did not own slaves?united in a long,...
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