Soul by soul, life inside the antebellum slave market, Walter Johnson
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Soul by soul, life inside the antebellum slave market, Walter Johnson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-273) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Soul by soul
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1372000277
Responsibility statement
Walter Johnson
Series statement
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Sub title
life inside the antebellum slave market
Summary
"Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations to the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the New Orleans slave market, the largest in the nation, where 100,000 men, women, and children were packaged, priced, and sold, Walter Johnson transforms the statistics of these chilling transactions into the human drama of traders, buyers, and slaves, negotiating sales that would alter the life of each. What emerges is not only the brutal economics of trading but the vast and surprising interdependencies among the actors involved."--Jacket.--, Provided by publisher
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- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slave trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Slaves -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slaveholders -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
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- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slave trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Slaves -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slaveholders -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
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