Author : Paul E. Teed
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 : 1440863253
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Book Synopsis Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South by : Paul E. Teed
Download or read book Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South written by Paul E. Teed and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their daily struggles to forge lives of dignity and meaning within an inhuman system, slaves in the Antebellum South demonstrated creativity, resilience, and an insatiable desire to be free. The Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South focuses on their struggles to create lives of meaning and dignity within a brutal and repressive system. This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the institution of slavery from the perspective of the slaves themselves. Readers can explore the family life, religious beliefs, political activities, intellectual aspirations, material possessions, and recreational pursuits of enslaved people. The book shows that enslaved people were tightly constrained by the harsh realities of the oppressive system under which they lived but that they found ways to forge lives of their own. The book synthesizes the latest and best literature on slavery and gives readers the opportunity to examine history through the lens of daily life using primary source documents created by slaves or former slaves.