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Foul Means: The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
Anthony S. Parent
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Paperback. A challenge to the belief that the introduction of racial slavery in America was the consequence of a scarce labour market. It contends that during the late-17th and early-18th centuries a small, powerful planter class, to further its own economic interests, brought racial slavery to Virginia. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations, 3 maps, 6 figures, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854860
SKU
V9780807854860
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About Anthony S. Parent
Anthony S. Parent, Jr., is associate professor of history at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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