Plath, Lydia (2017) ‘My master and Miss … warn’t nothing but poor white trash’ : poor white slaveholders and their slaves in the antebellum South. Slavery & Abolition . pp. 1-14. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2017.1327095 ISSN 0144-039X.

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Abstract

While the majority of enslaved people lived on large plantations, there were a significant minority who lived on smaller farms where they and their families were the only slaves owned by their master (or mistress). This article uses 22 Works Progress Administration (WPA) interviews conducted in the 1930s with former slaves from across the South to investigate the lives of enslaved people living with masters or mistresses that they described as ‘poor’, and argues that enslaved experiences on small farms owned by poor whites varied widely, but were marked particularly by violence, material deprivation, and intense loneliness.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	E History America > E151 United States (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Slaveholders -- United States -- 19th century, Slaves -- Interviews -- United States , United States. Works Progress Administration, United States -- History -- 19th century
Journal or Publication Title:	Slavery & Abolition
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0144-039X
Official Date:	15 May 2017
Dates:	Date Event 15 May 2017 Published 27 February 2017 Accepted
Page Range:	pp. 1-14
DOI:	10.1080/0144039X.2017.1327095
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	16 May 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access:	15 November 2018

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