Broke By The War: Letters of a Slave Trader - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1570039429 ISBN 13 : 9781570039423

Editeur : University of South Carolina Press, 2010

Synopsis

Broke by the War is a collection of more than 140 letters written between 1852 and 1857 by South Carolina slave trader A. J. McElveen to his employer Z. B. Oakes, a prosperous Charleston broker. The correspondence provides an intimate look into the world of slave trading, from the economic aspects of prices, shipping, supply sources, and financing to the impact on those involved, including the breakup of slave families, the pursuit of runaways, and the various roles played by doctors, lawyers, bankers, and planters in this abominable business. Edited and introduced by Edmund L. Drago, McElveen's letters give the modern reader an opportunity to view Old South slave trading through the eyes of a representative participant. As Drago recounts, the Civil War decimated McElveen's finances and left him, as described years later by a credit investigator, simply as "broke by the war-old man."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edmund L. Drago is a professor of history at the College of Charleston. He is the author of Confederate Phoenix: Rebel Children and Their Families in South Carolina and Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of South Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570039429
• ISBN 13: 9781570039423
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Éditeur: Drago Edmond L.
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