Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860

by Larry Koger

Book Overview

Most Americans, both black and white, believe that slavery was a system maintained by whites to exploit blacks, but this authoritative study reveals the extent to which African Americans played a significant role as slave masters. Examining South Carolina's diverse population of African-American slaveowners, the book demonstrates that free African Americans widely embraced slavery as a viable economic system and that they--like their white counterparts--exploited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786469315
• ISBN13: 9780786469314
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher