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"A valuable addition to published materials concerning the plantation system in the South....A promising lawyer, Davis purchased in 1847 the Cahaba River plantation of Beaver Bend [5,000 acres of Black Belt land ten miles from Marion], which he operated until his death in 1862. He cleared land, bought slaves, increased his cotton acreage, hired and fired overseers, tried slaves as overseers, experimented with seeds, irrigation, and methods of fertilizing soil and erosion prevention." - Mississippi Valley Historical Review; "Much information is included concerning slavery; for example, prices of slaves, feeding and clothing of slaves, caring for slaves when ill, slave quarters, regulations, marriages, even a slave job chart." - Journal of Negro Education"
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In this book concerning the plantation system in the South, a promising lawyer, Davis purchased in 1847 the Cahaba River plantation of Beaver Bend, which he operated until his death in 1862. He cleared land, bought slaves, increased his cotton acreage, hired and fired overseers, tried slaves as overseers, experimented with seeds, irrigation and methods of fertilizing soil and erosion prevention.
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