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ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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Prelude | |
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Two Infant Slave Societies | |
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Contours of the Plantation Experience | |
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Two Plantation Worlds Two Landscapes Two Plantation Systems Two Populations | |
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Material Life Housing Dress Diet | |
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Fieldwork Seasons of Labor Organization of Labor Patterns of Labor | |
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Skilled Work Occupational Structures The Life Cycle of Skilled Workers Drivers and Foremen Artisans Watermen Household Slaves | |
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Encounters between Whites and Blacks | |
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The Black World | |
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African American Societies Africans Creoles and Africans Creoles Blacks and Indians Slaves and Free Blacks | |
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Family Life Structures Stability Moving and Staying The Significance of Kin | |
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African American Cultures Words Play Soul Coda. Two Mature Slave Societies Acknowledgments IndexIllustrations and Tables Plates | |
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Industry and Idleness | |
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Artifacts | |
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Residence and Slave Quarters of Mulberry Plantation | |
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Extraordinary Appearances in the Heavens, and on Earth | |
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Ferry Tract Plantation | |
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SW View of the Settlement of Hartford | |
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Fairlawn Plantation | |
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Frogmore Plantation | |
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Plantation of John Middleton | |
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Mortar nd Pestle | |
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Plantation of John Bull | |
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Indigo Culture | |
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Perry Hall Slave Quarters with Field Hands at Work | |
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Residence of George Heinrick Repold, Lexington Street near Fremont Avenue | |
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Colono Ware Jug | |
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Blacks Working on the James River | |
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Portrait of a Man / Virginia Luxuries | |
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Alic, a Fairthful and Humerous Old Servant | |
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An Overseer Doing His Duty | |
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The Old Plantation | |
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Drum and Cane | |
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Preparations for the Enjoyment of a Fine Sunday among the Blacks, Norfolk | |
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A South View of Julianton Plantation, the Property of Francis Levett, Esqr.Maps | |
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The Coastal Origins of African Slaves | |
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The Distribution of Black Slaves in South Carolina, 1720-1790 | |
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The Distribution of Black Slaves in Virginia, 1750-1790Figures | |
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Adult Sex Ratios among Slaves in the Chesapeake and South Carolina, 1705-1775 | |
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Female-Child Ratios among Slaves in the Chesapeake and South Carolina, 1705-1775 | |
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Population Pyramids of Slaves in the Chesapeake, 1709-1791 | |
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Population Pyramids of Slaves in the Lowcountry, 1758-1780 | |
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The Months When Slaves Ran Away, 1732-1781 | |
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Labor to Cultivate and Process Rice, circa 1800 | |
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Age Profile of Africans and Creoles among Adult Male Slaves on Elias Ball's Comingtee Plantation, 1778 | |
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Age Profile of Africans and Creoles among Slaves Belonging to Colonel Stapleton on Saint Helena Island, 1810 | |
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Age Profile of Runaways in the Chesapeake and Lowcountry, 1732-1787 Tables | |
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Plantation Size in South Carolina, 1720-1779 | |
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Plantation Size in Virginia, 1720-1779 | |
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Landholding in South Carolina Parishes, 1745-1785 | |
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Landholding in Virginia Counties, 1768-1778 | |
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Primary Production of Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776 | |
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Primary Equipment on Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776 | |
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Livestock on Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776 | |
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Secondary and Tertiary Equipment on Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776 | |
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African Immigration to Virginia and South Carolina, 1700-1790 | |
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Africans in the Virginia and South Carolina Slave Populations, 1700-1800 | |
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Coastal Origins of Virginia and South Carolina Africans, 1710s-1 | |