John C Rodrigue: 1 book
Reconstruction in the Cane Fields
From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862--1880
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
In Reconstruction in the Cane Fields, John C. Rodrigue examines emancipation and the difficult transition from slavery to free labor in one enclave of the South -- the cane sugar region of southern Louisiana. In contrast to the various forms of sharecropping and tenancy that replaced slavery in the...
