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The Slave Drivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South

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The Slave Drivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South - Deburg, William L Van
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In this revelatory work William Van Deburg takes up the case of the black slave driver, examining the conflicting depictions given in histories, contemporary accounts, and narratives of fugitive slaves and ex-bondsmen. Refuting unfavorable stereotypes, he shows that the bondsmen identified not with the owner but with fellow slaves and that consequently the role of bondsman neither psychologically destroyed these men nor turned them into sadistic oppressors.

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The Slave Drivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South 1988, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195056983

Trade paperback

The Slave Drivers: Black Agricultural Labor Supervisors in the Antebellum South 1979, Praeger, New York

ISBN-13: 9780313206108

Hardcover