Robert Stafford of Cumberland Island - 9780820317380
Un libro in lingua di Bullard Mary R. edito da Univ of Georgia Pr, 1995
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Mary R. Bullard recounts Stafford's life in the context of how events from the Federalist period to the Civil War to Reconstruction affected Sea Island planters. As she discusses Stafford's associations with other planters, his business dealings (which included banking and railroad investments), and the day-to-day operation of his plantation, Bullard also imparts a wealth of information about cotton farming methods, plantation life and material culture, and the geography and natural history of Cumberland Island.
Stafford's career was fairly typical for his time and place; his personal life was not. He never married, but fathered six children by Elizabeth Bernardey, a mulatto slave nurse. Bullard's discussion of Stafford's decision to move his family to Groton, Connecticut--and freedom--before the Civil War illuminates the complex interplay between southern notions of personal honor, the staunch independent-mindedness of Sea Island planters, and the practice and theory of racial separation.
In her afterword to the Brown Thrasher edition, Bullard presents recently uncovered information about a second extralegal family of Robert Stafford as well as additional information about Elizabeth Bernardey's children and the trust funds Stafford provided for them.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Robert Stafford of Cumberland Island
- Sottotitolo: Growth of a Planter
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Bullard Mary R.
- Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
- Collana: Univ of Georgia Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Ottobre '95
- Genere: BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Argomenti : Plantation owners Georgia Cumberland Island Biography Plantation life Georgia Cumberland Island History 19th century Slavery Georgia Cumberland Island History 19th century
- Peso gr: 543
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 158 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0820317381
- EAN-13: 9780820317380