Masters of the Big House

Masters of the Big House Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-Nineteenth-Century South

Hardback (15 Nov 2003)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this volume, William Kauffman Scarborough unveils new data about one of the most powerful groups in American history: the 340 wealthiest aristocratic planters who owned 250 or more slaves in the census years of 1850 and 1860.

Book information

ISBN: 9780807128824
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 975.0308621
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 521
Weight: 930g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 44mm