Questions about the cultural interaction between whites and enslaved
blacks in the antebellum South have long aroused controversy. Was there
one dominant culture? Two separate cultures? One shared culture? Were
interaction and interchange between the races possible? The essays
collected here attempt to give answers and conclusions and to bring the
picture of cultural life in the antebellum South into clearer focus.
With essays and commentaries by
Sylvia R. Frey
Elliott J. Gorn
Robert L. Hall
Charles Joyner
Lawrence T. McDonnell
Bill C. Malone
Leslie Howard Owens
Mechal Sobel
Brenda Stevenson
John Michael Vlach