An American planter : Stephen Duncan of antebellum Natchez and New York / Martha Jane Brazy.
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TextSeries: Southern biography seriesPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: - 0807131415 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807131411 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867
- Plantation owners -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography
- Slaveholders -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography
- Slavery -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- History -- 19th century
- Natchez (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Natchez (Miss.) -- Race relations
- Natchez (Miss.) -- Biography
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Library Company of Philadelphia | Uz Duncan A3952.O | Available | 248933 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index.
Prologue : "an important crisis is at hand" -- "To seek his fortunes in the distant South" : Stephen Duncan's migration from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi territory -- Laying the foundations of mastery : land, slaves, capital, and the network of elites -- Slaves, politics, and family : Stephen Duncan and the challenges to mastery -- "We will one day have our throats cut in this county" : Stephen Duncan and the challenges of slavery -- Power and position : redefining economic self in boom and bust times -- Public duties and private worlds : the roles and dynamics of the Duncan family -- Survival of the fittest : preservation of wealth and family -- An empire realized : the concentration of wealth and the negotiation of shifting networks -- Underground networks : slave communities and slavery on the Duncan plantations -- Epilogue : "we are in the midst of perils".
Gift of the publisher. LCP fellow.