Edmund Ruffin and the Crisis of Slavery in the Old South: The Failure of Agricultural Reform

By William M. Mathew

Book Overview

In 1818, Edmund Ruffin, then a young Virginia planter, began conducting chemical and rotational experiments on his Coggin's Point plantation on the James River. His findings became the basis for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820341673
• ISBN13: 9780820341675
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"