A detailed comparison of 18th-century slave life in the two areas where their population was centered: the Chesapeake region of Virginia and the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
Prelude. Two Infant Slave Societies
Part I. Contours of the Plantation Experience
1. Two Plantation Worlds
Two Landscapes
Two Plantation Systems
Two Populations
2. Material Life
Housing
Dress
Diet
3. Fieldwork
Seasons of Labor
Organization of Labor
Patterns of Labor
4. Skilled Work
Occupational Structures
The Life Cycle of Skilled Workers
Drivers and Foremen
Artisans
Watermen
Household Slaves
Part II. Encounters between Whites and Blacks
5. Patriarchs, Plain Folk, and Slaves
Masters and Slaves
Plain Folk and Slaves
6. Economic Exchanges between Whites and Blacks
Channels of Communication
Field Hands and Overseers
Slaves in the Middle
Constant Companions
Trade
7. Social Transactions between Whites and Blacks
Violence
Sex
Recreation
Religion
Part III. The Black World
8. African American Societies
Africans
Creoles and Africans
Creoles
Blacks and Indians
Slaves and Free Blacks
9. Family Life
Structures
Stability
Moving and Staying
The Significance of Kin
10. African American Cultures
Words
Play
Soul
Coda. Two Mature Slave Societies
Acknowledgments
Index
Illustrations and Tables
Plates
1. Industry and Idleness
2. Artifacts
3. Residence and Slave Quarters of Mulberry Plantation
4. Extraordinary Appearances in the Heavens, and on Earth
5. Ferry Tract Plantation
6. SW View of the Settlement of Hartford
7. Fairlawn Plantation
8. Frogmore Plantation
9. Plantation of John Middleton
10. Mortar and Pestle
11. Plantation of John Bull
12. Indigo Culture
13. Perry Hall Slave Quarters with Field Hands at Work
14. Residence of George Heinrick Repold, Lexington Street near Fremont Avenue
15. Colono Ware Jug
16. Blacks Working on the James River
17. Portrait of a Man / Virginia Luxuries
18. Alic, a Fairthful and Humerous Old Servant
19. An Overseer Doing His Duty
20. The Old Plantation
21. Drum and Cane
22. Preparations for the Enjoyment of a Fine Sunday among the Blacks, Norfolk
23. A South View of Julianton Plantation, the Property of Francis Levett, Esqr.
Maps
1. The Coastal Origins of African Slaves
2. The Distribution of Black Slaves in South Carolina, 1720-1790
3. The Distribution of Black Slaves in Virginia, 1750-1790
Figures
1. Adult Sex Ratios among Slaves in the Chesapeake and South Carolina, 1705-1775
2.Female-Child Ratios among Slaves in the Chesapeake and South Carolina, 1705-1775
3. Population Pyramids of Slaves in the Chesapeake, 1709-1791
4. Population Pyramids of Slaves in the Lowcountry, 1758-1780
5. The Months When Slaves Ran Away, 1732-1781
6. Labor to Cultivate and Process Rice, circa 1800
7. Age Profile of Africans and Creoles among Adult Male Slaves on Elias Ball's Comingtee Plantation, 1778
8. Age Profile of Africans and Creoles among Slaves Belonging to Colonel Stapleton on Saint Helena Island, 1810
9. Age Profile of Runaways in the Chesapeake and Lowcountry, 1732-1787
Tables
1. Plantation Size in South Carolina, 1720-1779
2. Plantation Size in Virginia, 1720-1779
3. Landholding in South Carolina Parishes, 1745-1785
4. Landholding in Virginia Counties, 1768-1778
5. Primary Production of Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776
6. Primary Equipment on Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776
7. Livestock on Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776
8. Secondary and Tertiary Equipment on Virginia and South Carolina Plantations, 1730-1776
9. African Immigration to Virginia and South Carolina, 1700-1790
10. Africans in the Virginia and South Carolina Slave Populations, 1700-1800
11. Coastal Origins of Virginia and South Carolina Africans, 1710s-1770s
12. Origins of South Carolina's African Immigrants and African Runaways, 1730-1782
13. Passage Time from England via Africa to British America, 1720-1798
14. Age and Sex Composition of Slavers to the Chesapeake and Lowcountry, 1710-1774
15. Children among African Immigrants to South Carolina, 1735-1774, and to the West Indies, 1791-1798
16. Months of Arrival of Virginia and South Carolina Slave Vessels, 1700-1744
17. Time between Arrival of Slave Vessel and Sale Dates, Virginia and South Carolina, 1730-1774
18. The Distribution of Africans among Purchasers in the Chesapeake and Lowcountry, 1689-1786
19. Black Population Growth in Virginia, 1700-1800
20. Black Population Growth in South Carolina, 1700-1800
21. Age at First Conception of Slave Women in the Chesapeake and Lowcountry, 1700s-1790s
22. Skilled Slaves among Inventoried South Carolina Adults, 1730-1799
23. Skilled Workers among South Carolina Runaway Slaves, 1730-1799
24. Occupations of Adult Male Slaves in the Rural Lowcountry, 1730s-1810
25. Occupations of Adult Male Slaves in the Chesapeake, 1733-1809s
26. Age of Runaway Skilled Workers, 1732-1779
27. Age of Skilled Male Slaves, 1730-1809
28. Occupations of Female Slaves on Large Estates in the Lowcountry and Chesapeake, 1757-1809
29. South Carolina Slave Families, 1730-1799
30. Household Structures among Slaves in the Chesapeake, 1733-1775
31. Houshold Structures among Slaves in South Carolina, 1739-1797