Slavery and Frontier Mississippi, 1720-1835

This book offers a detailed, nuanced exploration of the complex history of slavery in Mississippi over more than a century, challenging simplified, romanticized notions of the past. It traces the region's fluid and evolving system, from its early colonial origins through the rise of the cotton economy, highlighting how slavery took various forms and kuidas resistance and radicalization shaped race relations. Drawing on extensive research, it provides a comprehensive look at the realities behind Mississippi’s antebellum world.