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An edition of The plantation mistress (1980)

The plantation mistress

another side of Southern slavery, 1780-1835

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An edition of The plantation mistress (1980)

The plantation mistress

another side of Southern slavery, 1780-1835

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This study of the much-mythologized Southern belle offers a serious look at the lives of white women and their harsh and restricted place in the slave society before the Civil War. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of hundreds of planter wives and daughters, the author sets before us the daily life of the plantation mistress and her ambiguous intermediary position in the hierarchy between slave and master.

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English
Pages
371

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Subjects

Mistresses Patriarchy Plantation life Plantation owners' spouses Sex customs Slaveholders Social life and customs Women plantation owners Plantation owners' wives Women, united states, history Southern states, social conditions Patriarchy--southern states Slaveholders--southern states Women plantation owners--southern states Plantation owners' spouses--southern states Hq1438.a13 c58 1982 Women History

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Southern States

Times

1775-1865
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Cover of: The Plantation Mistress
The Plantation Mistress
February 12, 1984, Pantheon
in English
Cover of: The plantation mistress
The plantation mistress: woman's world in the old South
1982, Pantheon Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The plantation mistress
The plantation mistress: another side of Southern slavery
1982, Pantheon Books
in English
Cover of: The plantation mistress
The plantation mistress: another side of Southern slavery, 1780-1835
1980
microform : in English

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Edition Notes

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1980

Bibliography: leaves 342-369.

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microform :
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xiv, 371 leaves.
Number of pages
371

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OL50483586M
OCLC/WorldCat
8055146

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OL97843W

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