Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland

Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)
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In 1652 Robert Cole, an English Catholic, moved with his family and servants to St. Mary's County, Maryland. Using this family's story as a case study, the authors of Robert Cole's World provide an intimate portrait of the social and economic life of a middling planter in the seveneenth-century Chesapeake, including work routines and agricultural techniques, the upbringing of children, neighborhood relationships and community formation, and the role of religion. The Cole Plantation account, a record that details what the plantation produced, consumed, purchased, and sold over a twelve-year period, is the only known surviving document of its kind for seventeenth-century British America. Along with Cole's will, it serves as the framework around which the authors build their analysis. Drawing on these and other records, they present Cole as an exemplar of the ordinary planter whose success created the capital base for the slave-based plantation society of the eighteenth century.

Country	USA
Brand	Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	Omohundro Institute and UNC Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	1991-10-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780807843413

Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)