The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in his Letters

Abstract

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I-The Overseer and His Work -- CHAPTER II-The Duties of the Overseer -- CHAPTER III-Terms of the Overseer's Contract -- CHAPTER IV-The Plantation Experience of James K. Polk -- CHAPTER V-Ephraim Beanland's Struggle for Plantation Supremacy -- CHAPTER VI-Beanland and the Plantation Routine -- CHAPTER VII-The New Plantation in Mississippi -- CHAPTER VIII-The Overseership of George W. Bratton, 1837-1839 -- CHAPTER IX-The Overseership of John I. Garner -- CHAPTER X-The Overseership of Isaac H. Dismukes -- CHAPTER XI-The Overseership of John A. Mairs -- CHAPTER XII-The Planter and his Commission Merchant -- CHAPTER XIII-The Lesson of the Letters.