Hunting and Fishing in the New South: Black Labor and White Leisure after the Civil War (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, 126) Cover
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Hunting and Fishing in the New South Black Labor and White Leisure after the Civil War (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, 126)

Scott E. Giltner

This innovative study re-examines the dynamics of race relations in the post–Civil War South from an altogether fresh perspective: field sports.

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The MeatEater Podcast

This book discusses the history of hunting and fishing practices in the American South, including the experiences of enslaved people. The podcast episode discussed the book's content relating to slavery and the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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we had on the author and professor Scott Giltner who authored a book Hunting and Fishing in the New South and in it we were talking about you know a lot about slavery the hunting practices of slaves

— Episode: Ep. 280: Cat Scratch Fever

Episode: Ep. 280: Cat Scratch Fever

This book discusses the history of hunting and fishing practices in the American South, including the experiences of enslaved people. The podcast episode discussed the book's content relating to slavery and the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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we had on the author and professor Scott Giltner who authored a book Hunting and Fishing in the New South and in it we were talking about you know a lot about slavery the hunting practices of slaves

Episode: Ep. 278: Hunting In Chains

This book explores the hunting and fishing practices of Black laborers in the American South, both during and after slavery, revealing their pursuit of independence and challenging conventional narratives. The author discussed how these activities were viewed differently by slave owners and the enslaved people themselves.

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I now began to live well and to feel myself at least in some measure an independent man.

If I could have one of the fondest wishes of my heart fulfilled, I would export four-thirds of Chicago Negroes.

When he should be between the plow handles

It's not like people just show up randomly doing freezer checks.

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