{"product_id":"race-relations-at-the-margins-slaves-and-poor-whites-in-the-antebellum-southern-countryside-paperback","title":"Race Relations at the Margins: Slaves and Poor Whites in the Antebellum Southern Countryside - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Forret\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering a broad geographic scope from Virginia to South Carolina between 1820 and 1860, Jeff Forret scrutinizes relations among rural poor whites and slaves, a subject previously unexplored and certainly under-reported. Forret's findings challenge historians' long-held assumption that mutual violence and animosity characterized the two groups' interactions; he reveals that while poor whites and slaves sometimes experienced bouts of hostility, often they worked or played in harmony and camaraderie. \u003ci\u003eRace Relations at the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable for its focus on lower-class whites and their dealings with slaves outside the purview of the master. Race and class, Forret demonstrates, intersected in unique ways for those at the margins of southern society, challenging the belief that race created a social cohesion among whites regardless of economic status. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Forret makes apparent, colonial-era flexibility in race relations never entirely disappeared despite the institutionalization of slavery and the growing rigidity of color lines. His book offers a complex and nuanced picture of the shadowy world of slave-poor white interactions, demanding a refined understanding and new appreciation of the range of interracial associations in the Old South.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Forret is an associate professor of history at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130998788231,"sku":"9780807137123","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d2c0f64e0ea800b38883be8a2696db7f.webp?v=1732615487","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/race-relations-at-the-margins-slaves-and-poor-whites-in-the-antebellum-southern-countryside-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}