The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South

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Oxford University Press, 1979 - History - 414 pages
Taking into account the major recent studies, this volume presents an updated analysis of the life of the black slave--his African heritage, culture, family, acculturation, behavior, religion, and personality.

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Enslavement Acculturation and African Survivals
3
The Americanization of the Slave and the Africanization
49
Culture
105
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John W. Blassingame is at Yale University.

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