Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-277) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The sugar masters -- "A shared of ambition" -- "Heathen part O' de country" -- "An intelligent eye" -- "A very ingenious and mechanical man" -- "Men of sense" -- "Inchin' along."
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Focusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana's antebellum sugarcane country, 'The Sugar Masters' explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style paternalistic attitudes to create one of the South's most insidiously oppressive labour systems.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Sugar masters.
International Standard Book Number
9780807132470
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans-- Louisiana-- Social conditions-- 19th century.