![]() | To Have and to Hold: Slave Work and Family Life in Antebellum South Carolina Subjects: Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Family relationships; Plantation life -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century; South Carolina -- History -- 1775–1865; Looking closely at both the slaves' and masters' worlds in low, middle, and up-country South Carolina, Larry E. Hudson Jr. covers a wide range of economic and social topics related to the opportunities given to slaves to produce and trade their own food and other goods-contingent on first completing the master's assigned work for the day. In particular, Hudson shows how these opportunities were exploited by the slaves both to increase their control over their family life and to gain status among their fellow slaves. LARRY HUDSON is an associate professor of history at the University of Rochester. |
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