Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197564226ISBN-10:197564224UPC:9780197564226Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Colonial Period (1600-1775), State & LocalSize:9.35 x 6.53 x 0.99 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SC3VMKNYZF
Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South
They worked Virginia's tobacco fields, South Carolina's rice marshes, and the Black Belt's cotton plantations. Wherever they lived, enslaved people found their lives indelibly shaped by the Southern environment. By day, they plucked worms and insects from the crops, trod barefoot in the mud as they hoed rice fields, and endured the sun and humidity as they planted and harvested the fields. By...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197564226ISBN-10:197564224UPC:9780197564226Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Colonial Period (1600-1775), State & LocalSize:9.35 x 6.53 x 0.99 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SC3VMKNYZF
David Silkenat is a Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of several books, including Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War, a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.
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