Title A weary land : slavery on the ground in Arkansas / Kelly Houston Jones

Published Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource Series Early American places Early American places. Contents Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The morass -- Domains -- Alluvial empires -- Flesh and fiber -- The material of survival -- Battlegrounds -- Conclusion Summary "In the first book-length study of Arkansas slavery in more than sixty years, A Weary Land offers a glimpses of enslaved life on the South's western margins, focusing on the intersections of land use and agriculture within the daily life and work of bonded Black Arkansans. As they cleared trees, cultivated crops, and tended livestock on the southern frontier, Arkansans's enslaved farmers connected culture and nature, creating their own meanings of space, place, and freedom. Kelly Houston Jones analyzes how the arrival of enslaved men and women as an imprisoned workforce changed the meaning of Arkansas's acreage, while their labor transformed its landscape. They made the most of their surroundings despite the brutality and increasing labor demands of the "second slavery"--the increasingly harsh phase of American chattel bondage fueled by cotton cultivation in the Old Southwest. Jones contends that enslaved Arkansans were able to repurpose their experiences with agricultural labor, rural life, and the natural world to craft a sense of freedom rooted in the ability to own land, the power to control their own movement, and the right to use the landscape as they saw fit." -- Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2021) Subject Slavery -- Arkansas -- History Enslaved persons -- Arkansas -- Social conditions African Americans -- Arkansas -- History Enslaved persons -- Social conditions Manners and customs African Americans Slavery SUBJECT Arkansas -- History -- 19th century Arkansas -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Subject Arkansas Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780820360195 0820360198

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