Swing the Sickle for the Harvest Is Ripe : Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia

Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. "I Had to Work Hard, Plow, and Go and Split Wood Jus' Like a Man": Skill, Gender, and Productivity in Agricultural Settings 13 2. "Dey S'lected Me Out to Be a Housegirl": The Privileges and Pain of Nonagricultural Labor 35 3. "There Sho' Was a Sight of Us": Enslaved Family and Community Rituals 52 4. "O, I Never Has Forgot Dat Last Dinner wit My Folks": Enslaved Family and Community Realities 76 5. "For the Current Year": The Informal Economy and Slave Hiring 104 Epilogue: The Aftermath of Slavery 129 Appendix A 135 Appendix B 138 Appendix C 144 Appendix D 146 Notes 167 Bibliography 203 Index 219