Speculators and Slaves by Michael Tadman

Speculators and Slaves by Michael Tadman

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In this work, the author establishes that all levels of white society in the antebellum South were deeply involved in a massive interregional trade in slaves. The study documents black resilience in the face of the pervasive indifference of slaveholders toward slaves and their families.

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Speculators and Slaves by Michael Tadman

In this work, the author establishes that all levels of white society in the antebellum South were deeply involved in a massive interregional trade in slaves. The study documents black resilience in the face of the pervasive indifference of slaveholders toward slaves and their families.
Michael Tadman is lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Liverpool. His other published work includes a new edition of Frederic Bancroft's 1931 classic, Slave Trading in the Old South.
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ISBN 13 9780299118549
ISBN 10 0299118541
Title Speculators and Slaves
Author Michael Tadman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Year published 1996-02-15
Number of pages 336
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