{"product_id":"sugar-and-slavery-family-and-race-the-letters-and-diary-of-pierre-dessalles-planter-in-martinique-1808-1856-paperback","title":"Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diary of Pierre Dessalles, Planter in Martinique, 1808-1856 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Dasalles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElborg Forster\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Forster\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiaries of nineteenth-century plantation managers are rare; diaries of French sugar planters are rarer still. Although such works as the diaries of Ella Gertrude Thomas and James Henry Hammond provide insight into the plantation societies of the antebellum South, virtually no contemporary source treats planter-slave relations as extensively, or presents a white planter's views on slave society in as much detail, as do the letters and diary of Pierre Dessalles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Elborg Forster and Robert Forster have translated and edited the most historically and socially significant portions of this unusual work. Previously available only in a four-volume French edition, these materials treat a wide range of topics, including the slave economy, management and socialization of the labor force, the role of free blacks in society, the lives led by the plantation owners, and, significantly, black-white relations before, during, and after emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDairies of nineteenth-century plantation managers are rare; diaries of French sugar planters are rarer still. All though such works as the diaries of Ella Gertrude Thomas and James Henry Hammond provide insight into the plantation societies of the antebellum South, virtually no contemporary source treats planters as extensively, or presents a white planters views on slave society in as much detail, as do the letters and diary of Pierre Dessalles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElborg Forster \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated (with Patricia Ranum) seven volumes of articles from the \u003ci\u003eAnnales\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other historical works. \u003cb\u003eRobert Forster \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eMerchants, Landlords, Magistrates\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Saulx-Tavanes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003eJohns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.96 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817980559648,"sku":"9780801851544","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aeacbd8cd36072e1fbc98331fcababd5.webp?v=1781113926","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sugar-and-slavery-family-and-race-the-letters-and-diary-of-pierre-dessalles-planter-in-martinique-1808-1856-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}