Masters of the big house

elite slaveholders of the mid-nineteenth-century South

by William Kauffman Scarborough

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Published 2003 by Louisiana State University Press in Baton Rouge .
Written in English

Places:

Southern States

Subjects:

Plantation owners -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Elite (Social sciences) -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Slavery -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Slavery -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century,
Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865,
Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century,
Southern States -- Race relations

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-501) and index.

Classifications
Statement	William Kauffman Scarborough.
LC Classifications	F213 .S35 2003
The Physical Object
Pagination	xviii, 521 p. :
Number of Pages	521
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL3673854M
ISBN 10	0807128821
LC Control Number	2003007301

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