Masters, Slaves, and Exchange

Power's Purchase in the Old South

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Business & Finance
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Author: Kathleen M. Hilliard ISBN: 9781107503137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 23, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Kathleen M. Hilliard
ISBN: 9781107503137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 23, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

This book examines the political economy of the master-slave relationship viewed through the lens of consumption and market exchange. What did it mean when human chattel bought commodities, 'stole' property, or gave and received gifts? Forgotten exchanges, this study argues, measured the deepest questions of worth and value, shaping an enduring struggle for power between slaves and masters. The slaves' internal economy focused intense paternalist negotiation on a ground where categories of exchange - provision, gift, contraband, and commodity - were in constant flux. At once binding and alienating, these ties endured constant moral stresses and material manipulation by masters and slaves alike, galvanizing conflict and engendering complex new social relations on and off the plantation.

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This book examines the political economy of the master-slave relationship viewed through the lens of consumption and market exchange. What did it mean when human chattel bought commodities, 'stole' property, or gave and received gifts? Forgotten exchanges, this study argues, measured the deepest questions of worth and value, shaping an enduring struggle for power between slaves and masters. The slaves' internal economy focused intense paternalist negotiation on a ground where categories of exchange - provision, gift, contraband, and commodity - were in constant flux. At once binding and alienating, these ties endured constant moral stresses and material manipulation by masters and slaves alike, galvanizing conflict and engendering complex new social relations on and off the plantation.

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