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Hugh Davis and His Alabama Plantation (Library Alabama Classics)
Hugh Davis and His Alabama Plantation - Library Alabama Classics
Author: Weymouth T. Jordan
In this book concerning the plantation system in the South, a promising lawyer, Davis purchased in 1847 the Cahaba River plantation of Beaver Bend, which he operated until his death in 1862. He cleared land, bought slaves, increased his cotton acreage, hired and fired overseers, tried slaves as overseers, experimented with seeds, irrigation and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780817350659
ISBN-10: 0817350659
Publication Date: 3/22/2004
Pages: 192
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University Alabama Press
Book Type: Paperback
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