Dwelling place : a plantation epic
Clarke, Erskine, 1941-2005
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Robert Manson Myers' book 'Children of Pride' presented the letters of Charles Colcock Jones, whose family were slave owners. However, that was only one side of the story. Erskine Clarke completes the tale, offering a narrative history of four generations of the plantations' inhabitants, white and black.
Main title:
Dwelling place : a plantation epic / Erskine Clarke.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2005.
Collation:
xiii, 601 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300122565 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.8960730758733306.362
Language:
English
Subject:
Jones, Charles Colcock, 1804-1863 -- FamilyJones, Lizzy -- FamilyPlantation life -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- History -- 19th centuryPlantation owners -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- BiographyWhites -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- BiographySlaves -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- BiographyAfrican Americans -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- BiographyLiberty County (Ga.) -- Race relationsLiberty County (Ga.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
BRN:
2384082