Lines in the Sand

Description:

"Lines in the Sand is Timothy Lockley's look at the interaction between nonslaveholding whites and African Americans in lowcountry Georgia from the introduction of slavery in the state to the beginning of the Civil War. The study focuses on poor whites living in a society where they were dominated politically and economically by a planter elite and outnumbered by slaves."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Race relations,  Georgia,  Whites,  Social classes,  Rural poor,  Slaves,  Social conditions,  African Americans,  History,  Social classes, united states,  Slaves, united states, social conditions,  African americans, social conditions,  African americans, georgia,  Whites, history,  Georgia, social conditions,  Georgia, history,  Southern states, race relations,  Enslaved persons, united states, social conditions,  White people

Places: Georgia

Times: 1775-1865,  19th century,  18th century