Book contents
- The Weeping Time
- The Weeping Time
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The Breach
- Part II Linked Fates
- 3 Pierce Butler and His Grandfather’s Legacy
- 4 Mr. and Mrs. Butler
- 5 More Than “Hands”: African Rhythms and Work on the Butler Plantations
- 6 Faith on the Butler Estates
- 7 A Family Divided, a Nation Divided
- Part III Healing the Breach
- Appendix
- A Note on Sources and Bibliography
- Index
5 - More Than “Hands”: African Rhythms and Work on the Butler Plantations
from Part II - Linked Fates
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2017
- The Weeping Time
- The Weeping Time
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The Breach
- Part II Linked Fates
- 3 Pierce Butler and His Grandfather’s Legacy
- 4 Mr. and Mrs. Butler
- 5 More Than “Hands”: African Rhythms and Work on the Butler Plantations
- 6 Faith on the Butler Estates
- 7 A Family Divided, a Nation Divided
- Part III Healing the Breach
- Appendix
- A Note on Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Weeping TimeMemory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History, pp. 46 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017