{"product_id":"a-weary-land-kelly-houston-jones-9780820360201","title":"A Weary Land: Slavery on the Ground in Arkansas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the first book-length study of Arkansas slavery in more than sixty years, \u003ci\u003eA Weary Land\u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse of enslaved life on the South's western margins, focusing on the intersections of land use and agriculture within the daily life and work of bonded Black Arkansans. As they cleared trees, cultivated crops, and tended livestock on the southern frontier, Arkansas's enslaved farmers connected culture and nature, creating their own meanings of space, place, and freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKelly Houston Jones analyzes how the arrival of enslaved men and women as an imprisoned workforce changed the meaning of Arkansas's acreage, while their labor transformed its landscape. They made the most of their surroundings despite the brutality and increasing labor demands of the \"second slavery\"--the increasingly harsh phase of American chattel bondage fueled by cotton cultivation in the Old Southwest. Jones contends that enslaved Arkansans were able to repurpose their experiences with agricultural labor, rural life, and the natural world to craft a sense of freedom rooted in the ability to own land, the power to control their own movement, and the right to use the landscape as they saw fit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Houston Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820360201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820360201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Kelly Houston Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994598998271,"sku":"9780820360201","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29e292c4-753a-4671-a047-deb4ab49b892.jpg?v=1683331106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-weary-land-kelly-houston-jones-9780820360201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}