A Guide to Laura Sandy Between Planter and Slave: The Social and Economic Role of Plantation Overseers in Virginia and South Carolina, 1740-1790, 2006 Sandy, Laura, Between Planter and Slave: The Social and Economic Role of Plantation Overseers in Virginia and South Carolina 1740-1790 51456

A Guide to Laura Sandy Between Planter and Slave: The Social and Economic Role of Plantation Overseers in Virginia and South Carolina, 1740-1790, 2006

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Accession Number 51456


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The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
51456
Title
Laura Sandy Between Planter and Slave: The Social and Economic Role of Plantation Overseers in Virginia and South Carolina, 1740-1790, 2006
Extent
.175 cu. ft. (1 box)
Creator
Laura Sandy
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Laura Sandy, "Between Planter and Slave: The Social and Economic Role of Plantation Overseers in Virginia and South Carolina, 1740-1790. " Accession 51456. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift.

Biographical Information

Laura Sandy received her Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 2006. She is currently on the faculty at the University of Liverpool.

Scope and Content

Manuscript dissertation, 2006, by Laura Sandy submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy titled Between Planter and Slave: The Social and Economic Role of Plantation Overseers in Virginia and South Carolina, 1740-1790.

Contents List

Folder 1
Title page; contents; abstract; declaration; acknowledgements; title page; list of pictures, tables, charts and diagrams; abbreviations; pp. 1-9
Folder 2
Introduction, pp. 10-36
Folder 3
Chapter 1: The Backgrounds and Recruitment of Plantation Overseers pp. 37-73
Folder 4
Chapter 2: Contracts and Agreements: Terms, Conditions, and Payment of Overseers, pp. 74-107
Folder 5
Chapter 3: Power Struggles on the Plantation: the Conflict Between Profit and Paternalism, pp. 108-148
Folder 6
Chapter 4: Power Struggles on the Plantation: The Conflict Between the Free and the Unfree, pp. 149-183
Folder 7
Chapter 5: Homemakers, Supervisors, and Peach Stealing Bitches: The Role of Overseers' Wives on Slave Plantations in Eighteenth Century Virginia and South Carolina, pp. 184-205
Folder 8
Chapter 6: Professionals, Pragmatists, or Poor White Trash: The Fortunes and Futures of Overseers, pp. 206-230
Folder 9
Conclusion, Appendix, Bibliography, pp. 231-260