This Species of Property
Author | : Leslie Howard Owens |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1977 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195022452 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195022459 |
Rating | : 4/5 (459 Downloads) |
Download or read book This Species of Property written by Leslie Howard Owens and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owens' fascinating study explores the personality and behavior of the slave within the context of what it meant to be a slave. Based on a variety of plantation records, diaries, slave narratives, travelers' accounts, and other items bearing on the slave's experiences in his relationships to slaveholders, it concentrates on the years between 1770 and 1865.