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Back of the big house

by John Michael Vlach

Vernacular architectureSlavesSocial conditionsHistorySpace (Architecture)Plantation lifeSouthern states, social conditionsSlavery, united states, history

Interviews with former slaves and photographs and architectural drawings present an idea of the role Blacks played in the antebellum South.

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Book data: Open Library