Black Southerners, 1619-1869

Black Southerners, 1619-1869 Book Description

" This interpretation of the black experience in the South revealing emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich, hybrid African American culture. From the incisive discussion on the origins of slavery in the Chesapeake colonies, John Boles embarks on an interpretation of a vast body of demographic, anthropological, and comparative scholarship to explore the character of black bondage in the American South. On such diverse issues as black population growth, the strength of the slave family, the efficiency and profitability of slavery, the diet and health care of bondsmen, the maturation of slave culture, the varieties of slave resistance, and the participation of blacks in the Civil War, Black Southerners provides a balanced and judicious treatment.

John B Boles has contributed to Black Southerners, 1619-1869 as an author. John B. Boles is William Pettus Hobby Professor of History at Rice University and Managing Editor of the "Journal of Southern History," His recent books include "The Irony of Southern Religion" (1994) and "The South Through Time: A History of an American Region" (second edition, 1999).

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