A weary land : slavery on the ground in Arkansas /

In the first book-length study of Arkansas slavery in more than sixty years, A Weary Land offers a glimpses of enslaved life on the South's western margins, focusing on the intersections of land use and agriculture within the daily life and work of bonded Black Arkansans. As they cleared trees...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jones, Kelly Houston (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2021]
Series:	Early American places.
Subjects:	Slavery > Arkansas > History. Slaves > Arkansas > Social conditions. African Americans > Arkansas > History. Arkansas > History > 19th century. Arkansas > Social life and customs > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The morass
Domains
Alluvial empires
Flesh and fiber
The material of survival
Battlegrounds
Conclusion.