Daily life on a southern plantation, 1853 / Paul Erickson.

Author/creator Erickson, Paul, 1976-
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Lodestar Books, 1998.
Description48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm
Subjects
Plantation life--Southern States. --History. --19th century. --Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons--Southern States. --Social conditions. --Juvenile literature.
Southern States--Social life and customs. --1775-1865. --Juvenile literature.

Portion of title Southern plantation
Contents World of the southern plantation -- Slave trade -- Families -- Plantation -- Big house - Quarters -- Early morning -- Waking the Hendersons -- Kitchen -- Morning chores in the big house -- Children's day -- Work in the cotton fields -- Sugar cultivation -- Midday -- Trip to New Orleans -- Slave discipline -- Leisure time -- Doctors and death -- Evening -- Bedtime -- Slave meeting -- Plantation in time.
Abstract Recreates a southern plantation of 1853 and describes the daily lives of its owners and of the slaves who worked there.
General note"Originally published in Great Britain in 1997 by Heinemann Children's Reference"--T.p. verso.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 97022540
ISBN0525675477 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780525675471 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner TRC Nonfiction 975 ER448D ✔ Available Place Hold