" Privately published and out of print for many years, this work takes on even greater importance in light of the loss of county records in New Kent and in King & Queen counties and the survival of mere fragments for King William County ...

Russell Menard argues that the emergence of black slavery in Barbados preceded the rise of sugar.

This is the story of Flowerdew Hundred, the 1,000-acre plantation that Sir George Yeardley, Virginia's first governor, established on the James River between Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Simon P. Newman argues that this exchange stimulated an entirely new system of bound labor.

Shadows is a captivating story that offers scenes of exceptional suspense, attractive mystery and the challenging quest for inner peace. About the Author: Shadows is the first novel published by Philip B. Corley.

Explores the relations of power and production that structured the course of plantation agriculture and the lives of those drawn into its field of force

This book also represents a successful combination of academic research and practical operation in managing commercial eucalyptus plantations.

Examines the creation of 'sporting plantations' in the South Carolina lowcountry during the first four decades of the twentieth century.

The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery shows how, at a moment of crisis after the Age of Revolutions, ambitious planters in the Upper US South, Cuba, and Brazil forged a new set of relationships with one another to sidestep the financial ...

Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26.