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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: On slavery's borders: Slavery and slaveholding on Missouri's farms, 1821--1865 Abstract: Missouri provides an appropriate window for both the study of small-slaveholding and for an examination of regional diversity in slavery. Plantation slavery never developed in Missouri because the state's geography and history instead encouraged the migration of small-slaveholders and yeomen from the Upper South. Missouri slaveholding families toiled together with their small slave work forces to maintain both the agricultural and the domestic operations of their farms. Slaves performed the most arduous tasks, and because overseers were rare, most slaveholding men and women directly supervised and assisted this labor. The intimacy of farm life fostered personal relationships, allowing slaves and slaveholders the extraordinary power to influence the quality of one another's lives. The unique circumstances found on Missouri farms increased slaves' ability to resist, while at the same time often eroded the power of slaveholders. Some slaves improved their lives through this resistance, but others were exposed to the worst forms of abuse. In the end, the quality of the relationships was largely determined by the personality of the owners. |
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