Basing her account on wills, probate records, published and unpublished census data, journals, diaries, and newspapers, she supplements these traditional sources with interviews and field observations. She thereby imparts sensitivity to her subject. Her discussion of slave life- including migration, separation of families through sale, slave breeding, diet, housing, language, and the importance of the task system to the distinctive slave culture of the lowcountry- is interesting and informed.

About the Author
Julia Floyd is professor emerita of history at Georgia Southern College and the author of Slavery and Plantation Growth in Antebellum Florida.


Book Information
ISBN 9780870497315
Author Julia Floyd Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 292
Imprint University of Tennessee Press
Publisher University of Tennessee Press
Weight(grams) 440g