Verfasst von:	Ragsdale, Bruce A. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Washington at the plow
Titelzusatz:	the founding farmer and the question of slavery
Verf.angabe:	Bruce A. Ragsdale
Verlagsort:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
Verlag:	The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Jahr:	2021
Umfang:	vii, 358 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-0-674-24638-6
Abstract:	Introduction: The life of a husbandman -- The experiments of a Virginia planter -- The agricultural foundations of independence -- Mount Vernon in wartime -- New farming in a new nation -- Enslaved agricultural labor at Mount Vernon -- Cincinnatus and the world of improvement -- The farmer president -- Agriculture and the path to emancipation -- Epilogue: The reputation of a farmer.
	"George Washington spent most of his time farming, often employing experimental methods. Washington saw slave-powered scientific agriculture as the key to the nation's prosperity. Bruce Ragsdale argues that it was slave labor's inefficiency as much as its inhumanity that finally convinced Washington to emancipate the men and women bonded to him"--
Schlagwörter:	(p)Washington, George    / (g)Mount Vernon, Va.    / (s)Tabak    / (s)Plantage    / (s)Sklaverei
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Ragsdale, Bruce A.: Washington at the plow. - Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (X, 358 Seiten)
K10plus-PPN:	1750893444