Risk Management Strategies Among African-American Slaves at Locust Grove Plantation |
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Authors: | Amy L Young |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5074, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-5074, USA |
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Abstract: | African Americans faced a variety of risks under the institution of slavery. The theory of risk management is used as a context for understanding the lives of slaves at Locust Grove Plantation in Kentucky and for deconstructing the common myth that slavery was unusually mild there. African Americans used a diversity of means at Locust Grove to cope with risk, including generalized reciprocity, food storage, religion, and strong kinship/community bonds. |
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Keywords: | risk African-American slavery southeastern United States |
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