Lawrence N. Powell - New Masters - Northern Planters During The Civil War And Reconstruction

Description: New Masters: Northern Planters during the Civil War and Reconstruction, analyzes the North's efforts to transform the South, both during and after the war, into a free labor economy and society. In this ground-breaking work, Lawrence N. Powell addresses the role that the twenty to fifty thousand new masters,or northern planters, had on the post-reconstruction system. Covering evidence of over five hundred northern planters, Powell asserts that northern emigrants provided much of the capital that hard-pressed southern planters used to stave off bankruptcy; showing that these planters became both the catalyst that perpetuated the plantation system of servitude and debt, as well as became the reason behind the revitalization of the South. New Masters deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, Northern planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns, and the planters' gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined.

A friend of mine lent me this semi-rare book last week and I thought it was interesting so I thought I would share with the rest of the class. :)

I’ve included two versions of the PDF, a large one that contains scans with selectable text and a small version that is text and pictures only.

Also, I’m trying out a new BitTorrent client called Tixati that has quite a few nifty features such as a much better handling of Magnet files than uTorrent so hopefully this seed will go OK.

I guess you guys heard the news this week that uTorrent is going to become adware soon so that’s why the switch in BitTorrent clients. Enjoy!