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Creating an Old South

by Edward E. Baptist

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Set on the antebellum southern frontier, this volume uses the history of two counties in Florida's panhandle to tell the story of the migrations, disruptions and settlements that made the plantation South.

Race relationsSocial aspects of Land settlementFrontier and pioneer lifePlantation ownersWhitesLand settlementHistoryPlantation lifeSocial conditionsSocial classesAfrican AmericansAfrican americans, florida