Portland Public Library

Before freedom came, African-American life in the antebellum South : to accompany an exhibition organized by the Museum of the Confederacy, edited by Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr., with Kym S. Rice ; essays by Drew Gilpin Faust [and others]

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208) and index

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Before freedom came

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23461960

edited by Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr., with Kym S. Rice ; essays by Drew Gilpin Faust [and others]

African-American life in the antebellum South : to accompany an exhibition organized by the Museum of the Confederacy

Essays by noted historians, folklorists, and archaeologists portray the broad contours and details of African American life under slavery, both on the plantation and in Southern cities. Color and black and white images abound

Slavery in the American experience / Drew Gilpin Faust -- Plantation landscapes of the antebellum South / John Michael Vlach -- The world of the plantation slaves / Charles Joyner -- Female slaves in the plantation South / Deborah Gray White -- Black life in old South cities / David R. Goldfield -- The archaeology of slave life / Theresa A. Singleton