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The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
How did enslaved people shape their own lives, culture and personalities under the plantation system rather than simply submit to it?
At a glance
- Author
- John W. Blassingame
Why read it
- You will stop accepting myths about the first slaves, such as that Africans were naturally docile or that enslavement was easy
- You will understand how enslaved people kept African customs, courtship and family life alive inside the plantation system
- You will hear how spirituals carried longing for freedom, and why some could be sung only in secret
Who it is for
- A history student studying slavery from the viewpoint of the enslaved
- A descendant of enslaved people tracing family and cultural roots
- A teacher building a unit on slavery and enslaved voices
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