Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) - Hardcover

Morgan, Philip D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807824097 ISBN 13: 9780807824092

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Synopsis

On the eve of the American Revolution, nearly three-quarters of all African Americans in mainland British America lived in two regions: the Chesapeake, centered in Virginia, and the Low-country, with its hub in South Carolina. Here, Philip Morgan compares and contrasts African American life in these two regional black cultures, exploring the differences as well as the similarities. The result is a detailed and comprehensive view of slave life in the colonial American South.

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Review:

A monumental social history of slavery in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake region and in the Carolina and Georgia low country.Robert L. Paquette, "Washington Times" YRemindsmodern readers that the world of the 18th century is not so distant as they sometimes imagine."New York Times Book Review" The closest Yexamination yet made of slave life anywhere before the nineteenth century."New York Review of Books" Morgan's synthesis draws upon a wealth of social, political, legal, economic, literary, religious and anthropological sources."Los Angeles Times Book Review" (Best Nonfiction Books of 1998 issue) "Morgan's synthesis draws upon a wealth of social, political, legal, economic, literary, religious and anthropological sources."Los Angeles Times Book Review" (Best Nonfiction Books of 1998 issue)" "A monumental social history of slavery in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake region and in the Carolina and Georgia low country.Robert L. Paquette, "Washington Times"" [Reminds]modern readers that the world of the 18th century is not so distant as they sometimes imagine."New York Times Book Review" The closest [examination] yet made of slave life anywhere before the nineteenth century."New York Review of Books" The most comprehensive social history of slavery yet written."American Historical Review"

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0807824097
• ISBN 13: 9780807824092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 736