Virginia
Foul Means: The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740
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Challenging the generally accepted belief that the introduction of racial slavery to America was an unplanned consequence of a scarce labor market, Anthony Parent, Jr., contends that during a brief period spanning the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries a small but powerful planter class, acting to further its emerging economic interests, intentionally brought racial slavery to Virginia. Parent bases his argument on three historical developments: the exp… More >>
Foul Means: The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740
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Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia
- ISBN13: 9780807847848
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule.The Virginia gentry’s efforts to shape London’s imperial policy were thwarted by British merchants and by a coalition of Indian na… More >>
Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia
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Prince William County Virginia African American Heritage Map by Eugene Scheel
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This is the only map of its kind in Virginia. Designed and hand drawn by noted historian and cartographer Eugene Scheel, it records the presence, community life and contributions of American persons of color in Prince William County. The map shows schools, churches, areas of black settlement and communities within major towns, slave graveyards, and other sites of interest, both existing and no longer found. / / / Scheel writes frequently about Virginia history subje… More >>
Prince William County Virginia African American Heritage Map by Eugene Scheel
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