{"product_id":"elderly-slaves-of-the-plantation-stacey-k-close-9781138968547","title":"Elderly Slaves of the Plantation South","description":"\u003cp\u003eElderly slaves contributed substantially to the creation and perpetuation of the unique African American culture and antebellum plantation society in the South. Interwoven with this major argument are two subthemes. One centers on the fact that by the late antebellum period elderly slaves were some of the chief transmitters of Africanism; the other focuses on how gender based distinctions of the elderly became blurred. Although the roles of the elderly often changed, elderly slaves contributed to the plantation economy. It is also true that those old people who were incapacitated posed serious economic and social concerns for owners, although many of the problems of elderly care were solved by the compassion of slave community members\u003cbr\u003e(Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1992; revised with new preface and index)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stacey K. Close\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138968544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138968547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stacey K. Close","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072918057215,"sku":"9781138968547","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83b3de4c-2f53-427f-93b7-2b360a50cbe4.jpg?v=1685444711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elderly-slaves-of-the-plantation-stacey-k-close-9781138968547","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}