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An American planter : Stephen Duncan of antebellum Natchez and New York /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brazy, Martha Jane, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Duncan, Stephen, > 1787-1867.
Slavery > Mississippi > Natchez > History > 19th century.
Slaveholders > Mississippi > Natchez > Biography.
Plantation owners > Mississippi > Natchez > Biography.
Natchez (Miss.) > Biography.
Natchez (Miss.) > Race relations.
Natchez (Miss.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : "an important crisis is at hand"
  • "To seek his fortunes in the distant South" : Stephen Duncan's migration from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi territory
  • Laying the foundations of mastery : land, slaves, capital, and the network of elites
  • Slaves, politics, and family : Stephen Duncan and the challenges to mastery
  • "We will one day have our throats cut in this county" : Stephen Duncan and the challenges of slavery
  • Power and position : redefining economic self in boom and bust times
  • Public duties and private worlds : the roles and dynamics of the Duncan family
  • Survival of the fittest : preservation of wealth and family
  • An empire realized : the concentration of wealth and the negotiation of shifting networks
  • Underground networks : slave communities and slavery on the Duncan plantations
  • Epilogue : "we are in the midst of perils".