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Broke by the War: Letters of a Slave Trader.
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| 著者・編者 | Drago, Edmond L. (ed.), |
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| 出版社 | (University of South Carolina Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2010 |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-12865＞ |
解説
This is the revealing correspondence of a South Carolina slave trader from years just before the Civil War. ""Broke by the War"" is a collection of more than 140 letters written between 1852 and 1857 by South Carolina slave trader A. J. McElveen to his employer Z. B. Oakes, a prosperous Charleston broker. The correspondence provides an intimate look into the world of slave trading, from the economic aspects of prices, shipping, supply sources, and financing to the impact on those involved, including the breakup of slave families, the pursuit of runaways, and the various roles played by doctors, lawyers, bankers, and planters in this abominable business. Edited and introduced by Edmund L. Drago, McElveen's letters give the modern reader an opportunity to view Old South slave trading through the eyes of a representative participant. As Drago recounts, the Civil War decimated McElveen's finances and left him, as described years later by a credit investigator, simply as 'broke by the war - old man'.