Del 3 - Studies in Global Slavery

Beyond Racism and Poverty

The Truck System on Louisiana Plantations and Dutch Peateries, 1865-1920

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvKarin Lurvink

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The truck system was a global phenomenon in the period 1865-1920, where workers were paid through the company store. In Beyond Racism and Poverty Karin Lurvink looks at how this system functioned on plantations in Louisiana in comparison with peateries in the Netherlands. In the United States, the system is often viewed as a 'second slavery' and strongly associated with racism. In the Netherlands, however, not racism but poverty has been seen as the main reason for its continued existence.By using a variety of historical sources and by analyzing the perspectives of both employers and workers, Lurvink provides new insights into how the truck system worked and can be explained. She reveals how the system was not only coercive but had advantages for the workers as well, which should not be overlooked.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-01-11
Mått155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt588 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieDel 3 i Studies in Global Slavery
Antal sidor272
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004351806

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PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations and ConventionsGlossaryIntroductionThe Truck System—A Nineteenth-Century Global PhenomenonAmerican Historians Discussing the Truck System—RacismDutch Historians Discussing the Truck System—PovertySelecting the Research CasesRational Choice-ApproachVoice from the Past: Source MaterialOutline1 Bayous and Bogs—The Geography of IsolationThe Louisiana CountrysideLouisiana Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, and BayousRailroads—An Improved Connection to the Outside WorldDutch Roads and Highways of Water2 Truck PaymentsFields of Cotton and SugarcanePermanent and Seasonal Peat LandsTruck PaymentsDirect Non-Cash—Something to Eat and a Few Rags to Wear?Indirect Non-Cash—The Company StoreColorful Tokens and Handwritten Store NotesLiving off Future IncomePiles of Greenbacks, Dollars, and GuildersConclusions3 Abuse? The Effects of the Truck SystemWhiskey, Jenever, and AlcoholicsHigh Price, Low QualityUsurious Interest RatesDebt PeonageConclusions4 Costs and Benefits—The Employer’s PerspectiveCosts—The Opposite of the Truck SystemEconomic Forces and Financial DifficultiesStrapped for CashMiserable Years and Declining Profits‘The Queerest Looking Creatures’—Labor Supply and Productivity‘The Misery of this Time’ and Truck Payment MethodsConclusions5 Carrots, Cake, and Candy—The Store as a Positive IncentivePresents ‘Joyfully Accepted’Facilitating CommerceSelf-sufficient Little Worlds of Their Own?The Alternative Marketplace –‘A Welcome Sight to the Rural Resident’Credit ScarcityConsumerism and the Physical Artifacts of Modern Life‘From Something to Eat, to Something to Work, to Something to Wear’Shopping in the Peat Employer’s Store—‘The More We Take, the More We Have’Access to DesiresConclusions6 Sticks and Strikes—The Store as a Negative IncentiveDebating and Denouncing the Truck System‘No Way to Check the Honesty of the Records’Lack of FreedomRacist Truck System?Conclusions7 The Power of Racism and ClassIncreasing TerrorDeclining ResistanceRacism and the Truck SystemNo Truck, No JobLowest Class of SocietyConclusionsConclusionMain ConclusionsRacism and PovertyBeyond Louisiana and the Netherlands: Suggestions for Future ResearchAppendicesAppendix 1. Louisiana Database and Method of AnalysisCreating the DatabaseMethod of AnalysisAppendix 2. Dutch Database and Method of AnalysisAppendix 3. Harry Baptiste and Samuel Taylor—Oral History Interview 2011Appendix 4. Isolation and InfrastructureSourcesUnpublished SourcesPeateriesPlantation AdministrationsPhotographsTokensInterviewsPrinted SourcesNewspapersDutch NewspapersUniversiteitsbibliotheek Vrije UniversiteitGovernment DocumentsDutch Government DocumentsSecond Chamber ReportsFirst Chamber ReportsMapsMiscellaneousPublished sourcesPrice DataTravel AccountsMiscellaneousBibliographyLiteratureUnpublished StudiesIndex