Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862-1880
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080712656X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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John C. He is coeditor of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, Series 3, Volume 1, Land, Labor, and Capital: 1865.. Rodrigue is assistant professor of history at Louisiana State University
About the AuthorJohn C. Rodrigue is assistant professor of history at Louisiana State University. He is coeditor of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, Series 3, Volume 1, Land, Labor, and Capital: 1865.
It will prove essential reading for all students of southern, African American, agricultural, and labor history.. In Reconstruction in the Cane Fields, John C. Thus, sugar planters, far from being omnipotent overlords who dictated terms to workers, were forced to adjust to an emerging labor market as well as to black political power.The labor arrangements particular to postbellum sugar plantations not only propelled the freedmen's political mobilization during Radical Reconstruction, Rodrigue shows, but also helped to sustain black political power -- at least for a few years -- beyon
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