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 ... [et al.].
Exhibition held at the Museum of the Confederacy from July to December 1991, the McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina from January to March 1992, and the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio, from April to June 1992. Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-208) and index.
Contents:
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.
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