Forgotten Time
Download or Read eBook Forgotten Time PDF written by John C. Willis and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : John C. Willis |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 0813919711 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780813919713 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Forgotten Time by : John C. Willis
Book excerpt: Examining the lives of individuals - freedmen, planters, and merchants - Willis explores the reciprocal interests of former slaves and former slaveholders. He shows how, in a cruel irony replicated in other areas of the South, the backbreaking work that African Americans did to clear, settle, and farm the land away from the river made the land ultimately too valuable for them to retain.