Foul Means The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740

Name: Foul Means The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740
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ISBN: 9780807854860

ISBN-10: 0807854867

ISBN-13: 9780807854860

Edition: 2003

Authors: Anthony S. Parent, Anthony S Parent

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Challenging the generally accepted belief that the introduction of racial slavery to America was an unplanned consequence of a scarce labor market, Anthony Parent, Jr., contends that during a brief period spanning the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries a small but powerful planter class, acting to further its emerging economic interests, intentionally brought racial slavery to Virginia. Parent bases his argument on three historical developments: the expropriation of Powhatan lands, the switch from indentured to slave labor, and the burgeoning tobacco trade. He argues that these were the result of calculated moves on the part of an emerging great planter class seeking to…

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Illustrations


Abbreviations


Introduction



Origins: Land, Labor, and Trade



The Landgrab



The Labor Switch



Cyclical Crises, 1680-1723



Conflicts: Race and Class



The Laws of Slavery



Revolt and Response, 1676-1740



Class Conflicts, 1724-1740



Reactions: Ideology and Religion



The Emergence of Patriarchism, 1700-1740



Baptism and Bondage, 1700-1740


Coda: Foul Means Must Do, What Fair Will Not



Black Headright Patents



St. Peter's Parish


Index