{"product_id":"slavery-in-mississippi-charles-s-sydnor-9781611173321","title":"Slavery in Mississippi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlavery in Mississippi, \u003c\/i\u003e first published in 1933, is a deeply researched and tightly argued social and economic study of slave life in Mississippi by Charles S. Sydnor (1898-1954). Inspired by Ulrich B. Phillips's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Negro Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e (1918) and \u003ci\u003eLife and Labor in the Old South\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), Sydnor strived to test Phillips's contention that slavery was simultaneously a benign institution for African American slaves and an unprofitable one for their masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSydnor included path-breaking chapters on such broad scholarly topics as slave labor, slave trading, and the profitability of slavery, but he also examined in depth slave clothing, food, shelter, physical and social care, police control, slave fugitives, and punishments and rewards. More thorough than many previous historians, Sydnor examined how slavery \"worked\" as a social and economic system--how slaves actually lived, how planters bought, cared for, controlled, hired out, and sold their human property.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian John David Smith's new introduction to this Southern Classic edition frames the original text within the scholarship on slavery in the interwar years, presents its arguments, chronicles its reception by white and black critics, and highlights the ongoing debates about slavery, especially on the profitability of slavery and the conditions of slave life sparked by Sydnor's influential book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles S. Sydnor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611173329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611173321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 2720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Charles S. Sydnor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989380825343,"sku":"9781611173321","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7496959-3080-407b-982d-732409fda443.jpg?v=1683299166","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slavery-in-mississippi-charles-s-sydnor-9781611173321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}