From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South: Central Georgia, 1800-1880 (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

806 Pages·1992·2.57 MB·English

by  Joseph P. Reidy

From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the
Cotton Plantation South : Central Georgia,
title:
1800-1880 Fred W. Morrison Series in
Southern Studies
author: Reidy, Joseph P.
publisher: University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin: 080782061X
print isbn13: 9780807820612
ebook isbn13: 9780807864067
language: English
Plantations--Georgia--History--19th century,
Agricultural laborers--Georgia--History-
-19th century, African Americans--Georgia-
subject -Economic conditions, Agriculture--
Economic aspects--Georgia--History--19th
century, Slavery--Georgia--History--19th
century, Ca
publication date: 1992
lcc: HD1471.U52G47 1992eb
ddc: 306.3/49
Plantations--Georgia--History--19th century,
Agricultural laborers--Georgia--History-
-19th century, African Americans--Georgia-
subject: -Economic conditions, Agriculture--
Economic aspects--Georgia--History--19th
century, Slavery--Georgia--History--19th
century, Ca
FROM SLAVERY TO
AGRARIAN CAPITALISM
IN THE COTTON
PLANTATION SOUTH
The Fred W. Morrison
Series in Southern Studies
FROM
SLAVERY
TO
AGRARIAN
CAPITALISM
IN THE
COTTON
PLANTATION
SOUTH
Central Georgia, 1800-1880
JOSEPH P. REIDY
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
CHAPEL HILL AND LONDON
© 1992 The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reidy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1948-
From slavery to agrarian capitalism in the cotton plantation South:
central Georgia, 1800-1880 / by Joseph P. Reidy.
p. cm.(The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2061-x (cloth : alk. paper)
1. PlantationsGeorgiaHistory19th century. 2. Agricultural
laborersGeorgiaHistory19th century. 3. Afro-Americans
GeorgiaEconomic conditions. 4. AgricultureEconomic
aspectsGeorgiaHistory19th century. 5. SlaveryGeorgia
History 19th century. 6. CapitalismGeorgiaHistory 19th
century. I. Title. II. Series.
HD1471.U52G47 1992
306.3'49dc20 92-53620
CIP
Material in chapters 1 through 4 has appeared in slightly different
form as "Obligation and Right: Patterns of Labor, Subsistence, and
Exchange in the Cotton Belt of Georgia, 1790-1860," in Cultivation
and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas,
edited
by Ira Berlin and Philip D. Morgan (Charlottesville: University Press
of Virginia, 1992). Reprinted with permission from the University
Press of Virginia.

To my parents,
Isabel D. Reidy and Patrick J. Reidy,
with love
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1The World of the Yeoman Settlers, 1800-1835 14
2The World of the Planters, 1820s-1850s 31
3The World of the Slaves, 1820s-1850s 58
4Impending Crisis: The 1850s 82
5The Civil War and the Demise of Slavery, 1861 - 1865 108
6The Origins of Compensated Labor, 1865-1868 136
7Creating a New Body Politic, 1865-1867 161
8The Rise and Decline of Radical Republicanism, 1867- 186
1872
9Capitalist Transformation, 1872-1880 215
ConclusionFrom Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in Larger242
Perspective
Appendix 249
Notes 253
Bibliography 315
Index 347