Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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839978
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Main Entry
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Follett, Richard J.,1968-
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Title & Author
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The sugar masters : : planters and slaves in Louisiana's cane world, 1820-1860 /\ Richard Follett.
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Publication Statement
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Baton Rouge :: Louisiana State University Press,, ©2005.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) :: maps
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ISBN
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0807148512
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: 9780807148518
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0807130389
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0807132470
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9780807130384
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9780807132470
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-277) and index.
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Contents
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The sugar masters -- "A shared of ambition" -- "Heathen part O' de country" -- "An intelligent eye" -- "A very ingenious and mechanical man" -- "Men of sense" -- "Inchin' along."
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Abstract
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Focusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana's antebellum sugarcane country, 'The Sugar Masters' explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style paternalistic attitudes to create one of the South's most insidiously oppressive labour systems.
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Subject
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African Americans-- Louisiana-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Plantation life-- Louisiana-- History-- 19th century.
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Plantation owners-- Louisiana-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Slavery-- Louisiana-- History-- 18th century.
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Slaves-- Louisiana-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Sugar growing-- Louisiana-- History-- 19th century.
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African Americans-- Social conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Agribusiness.
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Plantation life.
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Plantation owners-- Social conditions.
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Race relations.
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Slavery.
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Slaves-- Social conditions.
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Sugar growing.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Louisiana, History, 1803-1865.
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Louisiana, Race relations.
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Louisiana.
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Dewey Classification
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338.1/7361/0976309034
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LC Classification
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E445.L8 F65 2005
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