Slavery and American agricultural history

Agricultural History

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-552

  Wright, Gavin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SLAVE;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

POA; POA PRATENSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242487699     PISSN: 00021482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ah.2003.77.4.527     Document Type: Article

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