The Southern plantation overseer as revealed in his letters

The Southern plantation overseer as revealed in his letters /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Other Authors: Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Negro Universities Press, [1968, ©1925]
Subjects:
Polk, James K. > (James Knox), > 1795-1849 > Correspondence.
Polk, James K. > (James Knox), > 1795-1849.
Presidents > United States > Correspondence.
Plantation life > Southern States.
Slavery > Southern States.
Plantation life.
Presidents.
Slavery.
Southern States.
United States.
Personal correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • The overseer and his work
  • The duties of the overseer
  • Terms of the overseer's contract
  • The plantation experience of James K. Polk
  • Ephraim Beanland's struggle for plantation supremacy
  • Beanland and the plantation routine
  • The new plantation in Mississippi
  • The overseership of George W. Bratton
  • The overseership of John I. GARNER
  • The overseership of Isaac H. Dismukes
  • The overseership of John A. Mairs
  • The planter and his commission merchant
  • The lesson of the letters

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