Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South - Hardcover

Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South - Hardcover

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Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South - Hardcover
  • Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South - Hardcover
Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South - Hardcover

Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South - Hardcover

$151.20
$151.20

by Paul E. Teed (Author), Melissa Ladd Teed (Author)

This book covers the full spectrum of daily life among slaves in the Antebellum South, giving readers a more complete picture of slaves' experiences in the decades before emancipation.

In their daily struggles to forge lives of dignity and meaning within an inhuman system, slaves in the Antebellum South demonstrated creativity, resilience, and an insatiable desire to be free. The Daily Life of African American Slaves in the Antebellum South focuses on their struggles to create lives of meaning and dignity within a brutal and repressive system.


This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the institution of slavery from the perspective of the slaves themselves. Readers can explore the family life, religious beliefs, political activities, intellectual aspirations, material possessions, and recreational pursuits of enslaved people. The book shows that enslaved people were tightly constrained by the harsh realities of the oppressive system under which they lived but that they found ways to forge lives of their own. The book synthesizes the latest and best literature on slavery and gives readers the opportunity to examine history through the lens of daily life using primary source documents created by slaves or former slaves.

Author Biography

Paul E. Teed is professor of history at Saginaw Valley State University.

Melissa Ladd Teed is professor of history at Saginaw Valley State University.
Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN
Publication Date: January 16, 2020

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