Title The American dreams of John B. Prentis, slave trader / Kari J. Winter

Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (235 pages) : illustrations Series Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900 Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900. Contents Possessive relations -- Apprenticeship -- Brotherly collusions -- Slave trading -- Family values -- Wills and possessions -- Relic(t)s Summary The first major biography of an unrepentant slave trader, this story illuminates the intertwined politics of labor, race, class, and gender in the young American nation. Winter's life-and-times portrayal of a Prentis illuminates the clash between two American dreams: one of wealth, the other of equality Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index Notes Print version record Subject Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848. Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848 -- Family Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848 -- Political and social views Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848 -- Political and social views Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848 -- Family Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848 Prentis, John B. (John Brooke), 1788-1848 Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography Slave traders -- Virginia -- Biography Slavery -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Families Political and social views Race relations Slave traders Slaveholders Slavery -- Social aspects Social conditions Virginia -- Race relations Virginia -- Social conditions Williamsburg (Va.) -- Biography Richmond (Va.) -- Biography Virginia Virginia -- Richmond Virginia -- Williamsburg Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780820339535 0820339539

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