"Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe" : gender and slavery in antebellum Georgia / Daina Ramey Berry.

Author/creator Berry, Daina Ramey
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxvi, 224 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Enslaved women--Georgia. --Social conditions. --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Georgia. --Social conditions. --19th century.
Sex role--Georgia. --History. --19th century.
Slavery--Georgia. --Wilkes County. --History. --19th century.
Slavery--Georgia. --Glynn County. --History. --19th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects. --Georgia. --History. --19th century.
Community life--Georgia. --Wilkes County. --History. --19th century.
Community life--Georgia. --Glynn County. --History. --19th century.
Wilkes County (Ga.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
Glynn County (Ga.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.

SeriesWomen in American history
Women in American history. ^A149113
Contents "I had to work hard, plow, and go and split wood jus' like a man" : skill, gender, and productivity in agricultural settings -- "Dey s'lected me out to be a housegirl" : the privileges and pain of nonagricultural labor -- "There sho' was a sight of us" : enslaved family and community rituals -- "O, I never has forgot dat last dinner wit my folks" : enslaved family and community realities -- "For the current year" : the informal economy and slave hiring.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.
LCCN 2006100938
ISBN9780252031465 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252031466 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E445.G3 B47 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold