Damian Alan Pargas
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813035147
- eISBN:
- 9780813038773
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813035147.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter broadly examines nineteenth-century evolution of slaveholdings on the grain farms of Fairfax County, the rice plantations of Georgetown District, and the sugar plantations of St. James ...
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This chapter broadly examines nineteenth-century evolution of slaveholdings on the grain farms of Fairfax County, the rice plantations of Georgetown District, and the sugar plantations of St. James Parish. What was the spatial distribution and sexual composition of enslaved populations in different regions of the non-cotton South, and how did they change over time? The aim of this chapter is to provide a basis from which to further explore enslaved people's experiences with family formation and stability by first establishing the social landscapes of slave populations in each region.Less
This chapter broadly examines nineteenth-century evolution of slaveholdings on the grain farms of Fairfax County, the rice plantations of Georgetown District, and the sugar plantations of St. James Parish. What was the spatial distribution and sexual composition of enslaved populations in different regions of the non-cotton South, and how did they change over time? The aim of this chapter is to provide a basis from which to further explore enslaved people's experiences with family formation and stability by first establishing the social landscapes of slave populations in each region.
Sean M. Kelley
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469627687
- eISBN:
- 9781469627700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469627687.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter examines the slaveholdings on which the Hare captives lived. About one-fifth of the captives would up living in or near Charles Town, working as domestic servants and in the city’s ...
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This chapter examines the slaveholdings on which the Hare captives lived. About one-fifth of the captives would up living in or near Charles Town, working as domestic servants and in the city’s taverns and artisan shops. Charles Town had a large African population, so these captives likely experienced frequent contact with men and women of similar background. Most of the Hare captives, however, wound up on rice and indigo plantations to the north and south of Charles Town. Here they entered slave communities of differing sizes, though they were afforded a great deal of autonomy and considerable mobility. A few of the Hare captives wound up living on smaller establishments in the emerging backcountry, working as cowherds and farm hands.Less
This chapter examines the slaveholdings on which the Hare captives lived. About one-fifth of the captives would up living in or near Charles Town, working as domestic servants and in the city’s taverns and artisan shops. Charles Town had a large African population, so these captives likely experienced frequent contact with men and women of similar background. Most of the Hare captives, however, wound up on rice and indigo plantations to the north and south of Charles Town. Here they entered slave communities of differing sizes, though they were afforded a great deal of autonomy and considerable mobility. A few of the Hare captives wound up living on smaller establishments in the emerging backcountry, working as cowherds and farm hands.
Sean M. Kelley
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469627687
- eISBN:
- 9781469627700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469627687.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter centers on the Hare’s arrival at Charles Town, South Carolina and the sale of the captives in March 1755. It begins with a description of the colony and town, emphasizing the economic ...
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This chapter centers on the Hare’s arrival at Charles Town, South Carolina and the sale of the captives in March 1755. It begins with a description of the colony and town, emphasizing the economic importance of rice and indigo planting. The captives were consigned to Gabriel Manigault, a prominent Charles Town merchant. Manigault, assisted by his nephew William Banbury, sold the captives using a method known as the ‘scramble,’ in which buyers physically seized the captives they wished to purchase. Not all of the captives were sold in this way, so the sale continued for two more days, concluding with an auction of the less-marketable ‘refuse slaves.’ The chapter then examines the 26 buyers of the Hare captives and reveals that they were a diverse group of rice and indigo planters, urban professionals, and artisans.Less
This chapter centers on the Hare’s arrival at Charles Town, South Carolina and the sale of the captives in March 1755. It begins with a description of the colony and town, emphasizing the economic importance of rice and indigo planting. The captives were consigned to Gabriel Manigault, a prominent Charles Town merchant. Manigault, assisted by his nephew William Banbury, sold the captives using a method known as the ‘scramble,’ in which buyers physically seized the captives they wished to purchase. Not all of the captives were sold in this way, so the sale continued for two more days, concluding with an auction of the less-marketable ‘refuse slaves.’ The chapter then examines the 26 buyers of the Hare captives and reveals that they were a diverse group of rice and indigo planters, urban professionals, and artisans.
Sean M. Kelley
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469627687
- eISBN:
- 9781469627700
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469627687.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
From late 1754 to early 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone, and back to the United States—a journey which transformed over seventy Africans into ...
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From late 1754 to early 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone, and back to the United States—a journey which transformed over seventy Africans into commodities, condemning several of them to death and the rest to a life of bondage in North America. In this detailed narrative, the book reconstructs this tumultuous voyage, covering everything from the significance of slave trading to the New England economy and the identities of the captain and crew, to their encounters with inclement weather, slave dealers, and near mutiny. But most important, the book tracks the cohort of slaves aboard the Hare from their purchase in Africa to the rice and indigo plantations of colonial South Carolina. In tracing their complete journey, the book provides rare and detailed insight into the communal lives of slaves, and sheds new light on the African diaspora and its influence on the formation of African-American culture. The Hare captives’ story underscores the extent to which the African Diaspora was a highly structured, rather than culturally “randomizing” process, resulting in communities of Africans of common linguistic and cultural background living in close proximity to one another in the New World. Rather than living in isolation, the Hare captives were part of a large community of people of Mande background that left an indelible cultural stamp on the eighteenth-century Carolina Low Country.Less
From late 1754 to early 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone, and back to the United States—a journey which transformed over seventy Africans into commodities, condemning several of them to death and the rest to a life of bondage in North America. In this detailed narrative, the book reconstructs this tumultuous voyage, covering everything from the significance of slave trading to the New England economy and the identities of the captain and crew, to their encounters with inclement weather, slave dealers, and near mutiny. But most important, the book tracks the cohort of slaves aboard the Hare from their purchase in Africa to the rice and indigo plantations of colonial South Carolina. In tracing their complete journey, the book provides rare and detailed insight into the communal lives of slaves, and sheds new light on the African diaspora and its influence on the formation of African-American culture. The Hare captives’ story underscores the extent to which the African Diaspora was a highly structured, rather than culturally “randomizing” process, resulting in communities of Africans of common linguistic and cultural background living in close proximity to one another in the New World. Rather than living in isolation, the Hare captives were part of a large community of people of Mande background that left an indelible cultural stamp on the eighteenth-century Carolina Low Country.
Jonathan M. Bryant
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813044774
- eISBN:
- 9780813046440
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813044774.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Exaggerated rumors of a black insurrectionary movement afoot on rice plantations in lowcountry Georgia caused great alarm among whites, spurring quasi-military mobilization under the leadership of ...
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Exaggerated rumors of a black insurrectionary movement afoot on rice plantations in lowcountry Georgia caused great alarm among whites, spurring quasi-military mobilization under the leadership of prominent former Confederates. Upon close examination, the rumors proved mostly unfounded: at the root of disturbances was a confrontation between black laborers and planters over the terms of labor in the rice fields. This essay examines the role of the national press in circulating sensationalized accounts of the issues at stake during Reconstruction, and concludes that in their attempts to defuse tensions, federal officials encouraged a conflation of labor and race militancy that would ultimately lead to northern disaffection with Reconstruction.Less
Exaggerated rumors of a black insurrectionary movement afoot on rice plantations in lowcountry Georgia caused great alarm among whites, spurring quasi-military mobilization under the leadership of prominent former Confederates. Upon close examination, the rumors proved mostly unfounded: at the root of disturbances was a confrontation between black laborers and planters over the terms of labor in the rice fields. This essay examines the role of the national press in circulating sensationalized accounts of the issues at stake during Reconstruction, and concludes that in their attempts to defuse tensions, federal officials encouraged a conflation of labor and race militancy that would ultimately lead to northern disaffection with Reconstruction.
