Scars On The Land Av David (Senior Lecturer In American History Senior Lecturer In American History University Of Edinburgh) Silkenat

Scars On The Land Av David (Senior Lecturer In American History Senior Lecturer In American History University Of Edinburgh) Silkenat

They worked Virginia''s tobacco fields, South Carolina''s rice marshes, and the Black Belt''s cotton plantations. Wherever they lived, enslaved people found their lives indelibly shaped by the Southern environment. By day, they plucked worms and insects from the crops, trod barefoot in the mud as......
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They worked Virginia''s tobacco fields, South Carolina''s rice marshes, and the Black Belt''s cotton plantations. Wherever they lived, enslaved people found their lives indelibly shaped by the Southern environment. By day, they plucked worms and insects from the crops, trod barefoot in the mud as they hoed rice fields, and endured the sun and humidity as they planted and harvested the fields. By night, they clandestinely took to the woods and swamps to trap opossumsand turtles, to visit relatives living on adjacent plantations, and at times to escape slave patrols and escape to freedom. Scars on the Land is the first comprehensive history of American slavery to examine how the environment fundamentally formed enslaved people''s lives and how slavery remade the Southern landscape. Over two centuries, from the establishment of slavery in the Chesapeake to the Civil War, one simple calculation had profound consequences: rather than measuring productivity based on outputs per acre, Souther
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They worked Virginia''s tobacco fields, South Carolina''s rice marshes, and the Black Belt''s cotton plantations. Wherever they lived, enslaved people found their lives indelibly shaped by the Southern environment. By day, they plucked worms and insects from the crops, trod barefoot in the mud as they hoed rice fields, and endured the sun and humidity as they planted and harvested the fields. By night, they clandestinely took to the woods and swamps to trap opossumsand turtles, to visit relatives living on adjacent plantations, and at times to escape slave patrols and escape to freedom. Scars on the Land is the first comprehensive history of American slavery to examine how the environment fundamentally formed enslaved people''s lives and how slavery remade the Southern landscape. Over two centuries, from the establishment of slavery in the Chesapeake to the Civil War, one simple calculation had profound consequences: rather than measuring productivity based on outputs per acre, Southern planters sought to maximize how much labor they could extract from their enslavedworkforce. They saw the landscape as disposable, relocating to more fertile prospects once they had leached the soils and cut down the forests. On the leading edge of the frontier, slavery laid waste to fragile ecosystems, draining swamps, clearing forests to plant crops and fuel steamships, and introducingdevastating invasive species. On its trailing edge, slavery left eroded hillsides, rivers clogged with sterile soil, and the extinction of native species. While environmental destruction fueled slavery''s expansion, no environment could long survive intensive slave labor. The scars manifested themselves in different ways, but the land too fell victim to the slave owner''s lash.Although typically treated separately, slavery and the environment naturally intersect in complex and powerful ways, leaving lasting effects from the period of emancipation through modern-day reckonings with racial justice.

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Oppdag Scars On The Land av David Silkenat

Er du på jakt etter en bok som dykker dypt inn i de komplekse forholdene mellom miljø og slaveri i det sørlige USA? Scars On The Land av David Silkenat, som er seniorlektor i amerikansk historie ved Universitetet i Edinburgh, er akkurat det du trenger! Denne boken gir en ny forståelse av hvordan slaveriet ikke bare påvirket menneskene involvert, men også formet landskapet.

Enestående innsikt i slaveriets virkning på naturen

Scars On The Land utforsker hvordan den brutale praksisen med slaveri transformerte ikke bare livene til de som ble holdt i fangenskap, men også de fragile økosystemene rundt dem. Her er noen sentrale temaer boken tar opp:

  • Økologisk ødeleggelse: Boken dekker hvordan slaveriet førte til endringer i naturen, som å drenere sumper og avskoge områder for å dyrke avlinger.
  • Relasjonen til jorden: Slaverne måtte tilpasse seg og finne ressurser i sitt umiddelbare miljø, fra å fange dyreliv til å navigere i dype skoger.
  • Langvarige konsekvenser: Hvordan miljøfaktorer fortsatt påvirker rasisme og sosiale forhold i dagens samfunn.

For lesere med interesse for historie og miljø

Enten du er student, forsker eller bare interessert i historie, vil Scars On The Land av David Silkenat gi deg en dypere forståelse av de tverrfaglige konsekvensene av slaveri. Med sin grundige forskning og tilgjengelige stil gir denne boken en stimulerende leseropplevelse.

Ikke gå glipp av sjansen til å utforske denne viktige boken som lyser opp en mørk del av historien vår, og som samtidig videreformidler en viktig melding om bevaring av vårt miljø!

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