Table of Contents

List of maps; Introduction; 1. Slavery's grip on the Mountain South; 2. Labor management on mountain plantations; 3. Slaves in commerce and travel capitalism; 4. Slaves in industry and manufacturing; 5. Slavery and poor whites in the Mountain South; 6. Repression and antisystemic resistance on mountain plantations; 7. Cultural resistance and community building on mountain plantations; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Promotional Information

This book focuses on slave experiences on small plantations in the American Upper South.

Reviews

'This is an excellent book, a fine companion to her earlier work ...'. Open History '... a hugely impressive achievement ... go[es] a long way towards redressing the balance between 'agency' and 'coerciveness' in American slave studies.' History 'This is an important book ... Dunaway's sophisticated work contributes significantly to our understanding of slavery's role in the upcountry and to the economic and racial dynamics sustaining it in the southern region as a whole.' Ethnic & Racial Studies