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Richard Dunn reconstructs the lives of three generations of slaves on a sugar estate in Jamaica and a plantation in Virginia, to understand the starkly differen

Assessing a unique collection of more than eighty images, this innovative study of visual culture reveals the productive organization of plantation landscapes i

Under the plantation system, slaves were often subjected to brutal working conditions. Many also saw their families torn apart and were prevented from learning

This book details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examining house, field and artisan work, food and clothing, marriage, and more.

This bold and precedent-setting study details numerous slave rebellions against white masters, drawn from planters' records, government petitions, newspapers, a