American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime

American Negro Slavery: A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips is a landmark, if historically debated, study that probes the economic and social architecture of slavery in the American South. Written in the early twentieth century, Phillips’ nonfiction history traces the transatlantic slave trade, the rise of plantation economies from tobacco and rice to the cotton régime, and the institutions—domestic trade, law, and management—used to control enslaved labor. Chapters examine plantation types and labor systems, everyday life under bondage, business aspects of slavery, and the contested economic arguments surrounding the institution. Phillips draws on archival sources to quantify supply, employment, and the mechanisms of coercion that sustained the plantation regime, offering a panoramic but interpretive portrait shaped by its time. This audiobook is ideal for listeners seeking a comprehensive historical survey of slavery’s economic dimensions, students of American and Atlantic history, and anyone looking to understand how labor, law, and commodity expansion intertwined in the antebellum South. Listen to gain a detailed, source-rich account that remains essential for studying the history of slavery and the plantation economy.