Albert : History and reflections on slavery and its aftermath
2017
306.362 R649 2017 M
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Title
Albert : History and reflections on slavery and its aftermath
Variant Title
History and reflections on slavery and its aftermath
Edition
1st ed., 1st printing
Published
Augusta, Ga. : Augusta Richmond County Historical Society, 2017.
Description
xiv, 97 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
306.362 R649 2017 M
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1008968994
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-93) and index.
L2021G102
Author's inscribed copy.
"When Beech Island, South Carolina, planter Jonathan Miller bought the ten-year-old slave boy Albert Taylor on credit terms for $1,000 in 1860, he thought he was obliging the boy's mother, rather than believing that the lad was worth it. That little transaction would continue to haunt him for nearly twenty years in the aftermath of the Civil War and the collpase of the Southern economy. Taylor became a free man, but Miller still owed the price of his purchase. A look at this seemingly simple purchase and research of available records has led Tom Robertson to describe an extensive array of issues and questions about slavery, and important constitutional, economic, and legal questions in that tumultuous time. The personal circumstances of his two subjects, white and black, illustrate the wealth of a plantation system based on an enslaved labor force and the poverty and business havoc that resulted from its collpase ..."--Book jacket.
L2021G102
Author's inscribed copy.
"When Beech Island, South Carolina, planter Jonathan Miller bought the ten-year-old slave boy Albert Taylor on credit terms for $1,000 in 1860, he thought he was obliging the boy's mother, rather than believing that the lad was worth it. That little transaction would continue to haunt him for nearly twenty years in the aftermath of the Civil War and the collpase of the Southern economy. Taylor became a free man, but Miller still owed the price of his purchase. A look at this seemingly simple purchase and research of available records has led Tom Robertson to describe an extensive array of issues and questions about slavery, and important constitutional, economic, and legal questions in that tumultuous time. The personal circumstances of his two subjects, white and black, illustrate the wealth of a plantation system based on an enslaved labor force and the poverty and business havoc that resulted from its collpase ..."--Book jacket.
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