Slavery in Mississippi; first published in 1933; is a deeply researched and tightly argued social and economic study of slave life in Mississippi by Charles S. Sydnor (1898-1954). Inspired by Ulrich B. Phillips's American Negro Slavery (1918) and Life and Labor in the Old South (1929); Sydnor strived to test Phillips's contention that slavery was simultaneously a benign institution for African American slaves and an unprofitable one for their masters.Sydnor included path-breaking chapters on such broad scholarly topics as slave labor; slave trading; and the profitability of slavery; but he also examined in depth slave clothing; food; shelter; physical and social care; police control; slave fugitives; and punishments and rewards. More thorough than many previous historians; Sydnor examined how slavery "worked" as a social and economic system--how slaves actually lived; how planters bought; cared for; controlled; hired out; and sold their human property.Historian John David Smith's new introduction to this Southern Classic edition frames the original text within the scholarship on slavery in the interwar years; presents its arguments; chronicles its reception by white and black critics; and highlights the ongoing debates about slavery; especially on the profitability of slavery and the conditions of slave life sparked by Sydnor's influential book.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The Virginia PlanBy William B.B. MoodyThe Virginia Plan ReviewBOOK REVIEWBy William B.B. MoodyThe Virginia Plan: William B. Thalhimer a Rescue from Nazi Germany by Robert H. Gillette; The History Press; Charleston; SC; 2011; ISBN 978-1-60949-171-0; $14.92; 206 pages; paperback.Mr. Gillette's carefully researched and vividly written account of the rescue of dozens of German Jewish teenagers from Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and very early 1940s is a history that needed to be told before all the principals disappear. From an agricultural settlement in German Silesia called "Gross Breesen" to a Burkeville; Virginia; farm called "Hyde Farmlands;" Mr. Gillette recounts the efforts of William B. Thalhimer; a prominent Richmond; Virginia businessman; and a number of associates; to save young German Jews from an increasingly savage machine of mass murder.The obstacles that confronted Mr. Thalhimer and his allies in both Europe and America appeared insurmountable. Nazi authorities threw up roadblock after roadblock. American immigration quotas and associated bureaucratic regulations threatened to stall the project just when the need became most acute following the horrors of Kristallnacht and its aftermath. Through sheer determination and considerable financial commitment the rescuers succeeded in realizing their aspirations. Hyde Farmlands became a reality.The details of how it happened read like a thriller. Mr. Gillette is to be congratulated on preserving this bit of twentieth century history in a highly detailed and engrossing book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Glimpse at history in rural Virginia.By Debra HelenAn excellent book for anyone interested in the history of the Holocaust. This well written and researched book provides the reader with the history of Jews trying to leave Nazi Germany; adapting to life in American and how the students related to living in rural Virginia while their families were trapped in Europe. The book also looks at rural Virginia; racism and anti-Antisemitism of the time. The author does an amazing job of letting the reader experience what is was like for students coming to a strange country; leaving family and their way of life behind forever. I highly recommend this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This book should be read prior to Escape to Virginia ...By Rosemary VaughanThis book should be read prior to Escape to Virginia to learn what transpired to the characters in the book.
