Bond of Iron: Master and Slave at Buffalo Forge

Dew, Charles B.

ISBN 10: 0393036162 / ISBN 13: 9780393036169

Edité par W. W. Norton, New York, 1994

A propos de cet article

The records dealing with the Buffalo Forge slaves are unique in their completeness; never before have details of this life in the American South been so rich, so exacting, and so accessible to historian and general reader alike. Hardcover, xviii, 429 pp., numerous archival photos, 2 maps, unclipped illustrated jacket. A book in like-new condition with nice jacket showing a minor crease at top of spine. Excellent condition overall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Bond of Iron: Master and Slave at Buffalo Forge
• Éditeur: W. W. Norton, New York
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393036162
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393036169
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

Buffalo Forge, an extensive ironmaking and farming enterprise near Lexington, Virginia, was bought in 1812 by a Philadelphian, William Weaver. By the Civil War, Weaver had amassed a great estate, including 70 slaves of his own plus 100 slaves hired annually to run his blast furnaces and farm his 20,000 acres. Weaver and his successors were fastidious record keepers. A unique treasury of documents has survived - of births, marriages, illnesses and deaths - as well as working ledgers that provide an insight into the day-to-day life of the slave community of that period.

À propos de l?auteur

Charles B. Dew is Class of 1956 Professor of American Studies at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.