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Robert Stafford of Cumberland Island : growth of a planter

This text offers a glimpse into the life and times of a 19th-century planter on one of Georgia's Sea Islands. Born poor, Robert Stafford became the leading planter on his native Cumberland Island and specialised in the highly valued long staple variety of cotton.
Print Book, English, 1995
University of Georgia Press, Athens, Ga., 1995
Biography
xiv, 357 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
9780820317380, 0820317381
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Background and origins. The Stafford brothers ; Robert Stafford's boyhood ; Young manhood
Expanding on Cumberland. Littlefield Tract ; Rayfield Tract ; Gray Field Tract
His children. Elizabeth Bernardey ; The Black Codes: viewpoints and definitions ; Seeking protection at home ; To go north ; Young ladies and gentlemen
The island world: what they talked about. Slaves and cotton ; Lifeways ; Marketing and artisanry ; Division of labor ; The weather ; The condition of the road ; Politics ; Business
The Civil War
After the war
His "search for gold" and what it amounted to. How his wealth was acquired ; An estate divided ; Kinship and the Black Codes
"Brown Thrasher books."