Slave Counterpoint Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry |
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| Author:
| Morgan, Philip D. |
| Series title: | Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4717-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $66.00 |
Book Description:
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This study compares African American life in the two regional black cultures of Chesapeake and Lowcountry during the 18th century. It provides a view of slave life in the colonial American South by exploring the role of land and labour in shaping culture and the interior lives of the blacks.
This study compares African American life in the two regional black cultures of Chesapeake and Lowcountry during the 18th century. It provides a view of slave life in the colonial American South by exploring the role of land and labour in shaping culture and the interior lives of the blacks.