{"product_id":"slave-counterpoint-philip-d-morgan-9780807847176","title":"Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry","description":"On the eve of the American Revolution, nearly three-quarters of all African Americans in mainland British America lived in two regions: the Chesapeake, centered in Virginia, and the Lowcountry, with its hub in South Carolina. Here, Philip Morgan compares and contrasts African American life in these two regional black cultures, exploring the differences as well as the similarities. The result is a detailed and comprehensive view of slave life in the colonial American South.\u003cbr\u003e Morgan explores the role of land and labor in shaping culture, the\u003cbr\u003eeveryday contacts of masters and slaves that defined the possibilities and limitations of cultural exchange, and finally the interior lives of blacks--their social relations, their family and kin ties, and the major symbolic dimensions of life: language, play, and religion. He provides a balanced appreciation for the oppressiveness of bondage \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e for the ability of slaves to shape their lives, showing that, whatever the constraints, slaves contributed to the making of their history. Victims of a brutal, dehumanizing system, slaves nevertheless strove to create order in their lives, to preserve their humanity, to achieve dignity, and to sustain dreams of a better future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip D. Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807847178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807847176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omohundro Institute and Unc Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.22w x 1.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 88","brand":"Philip D. Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926308782335,"sku":"9780807847176","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f44501b2-adcb-4e45-a362-41d95edf22aa.jpg?v=1681082349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slave-counterpoint-philip-d-morgan-9780807847176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}