{"product_id":"the-overseers-of-early-american-slavery-supervisors-enslaved-labourers-and-the-plantation-enterprise-paperback","title":"The Overseers of Early American Slavery: Supervisors, Enslaved Labourers, and the Plantation Enterprise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura R. Sandy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnmeshed in the exploitative world of racial slavery, overseers were central figures in the management of early American plantation enterprises. All too frequently dismissed as brutal and incompetent, they defy easy categorisation. Some were rogues, yet others were highly skilled professionals, farmers, and artisans. Some were themselves enslaved. They and their wives, with whom they often formed supervisory partnerships, were caught between disdainful planters and defiant enslaved labourers, as they sought to advance their ambitions. Their history, revealed here in unprecedented detail, illuminates the complex power struggles and interplay of class and race in a volatile slave society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura R. Sandy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lecturer in American history at the University of Liverpool and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 412\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098113380487,"sku":"9781032237077","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9862f39589ab7d1c776c475a8371b106.webp?v=1732359841","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-overseers-of-early-american-slavery-supervisors-enslaved-labourers-and-the-plantation-enterprise-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}