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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Life of Plantation Field Hands, 1857

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Fordham University provides this account of U.S. slavery that was written by a British writer who toured the American South in 1857. It makes interesting comparisons of house servants, field hands, and small farmers' slaves.

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antebellum south, field hands, house slaves, overseer, plantation life, fordham university, fordham university: life of plantation field hands, 1857, farm servants, field slaves, letters from the slave states, negro driver, small farmers
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)