Major Problems in the History of the American South

Note: Each chapter concludes with Further Reading.
1. WHAT IS THE OLD SOUTH?
Essays.
W. J. Cash, The Continuity of Southern History. C. Vann Woodward, The Search for Southern Identity. John B. Boles, The Difficulty of Consensus on the South. John Shelton Reed, The Three Souths.
2. THE ATLANTIC WORLD.
Documents.
1. Map Shows Sixteenth-Century Atlantic Trade Ports, c. 1620. 2. Plants, Animals, and Microorganisms Travel to and from the New World, 1500 to 1600. 3. African Medicinal Plants Come to the Caribbean on Slave Ships, 1500 to 1600. 4. Elmina, a Dutch Slave Fort, Holds African Slaves Captive before the Middle Passage, c. 1600. 5. Englishman John Hawkins Details his First Voyage to the West Indies, 1562-1563. 6. Guzman de Silva Writes to Philip II Regarding the Slave Trade, 1565. 7. Journal of the Arthur Details the Slave Trade, 1677-1678. 8. John Barbot Describes the Slave Trade in Guinea, 1678.
Essays.
Ira Berlin, From Creole to African: Atlantic Creoles and the Origins of African-American Society. Philip D. Morgan, Virginia's Other Prototype: The Caribbean.
3. SETTLEMENT OF RED, WHITE, AND BLACK.
Documents.
1. Captain John Smith Describes the Natives of Virginia, 1612. 2. Richard Frethorne Writes his Parents about his Indenture, 1623. 3. Nathaniel Bacon Leads Rebellion in Virginia, 1675-1676. 4. Virginia's House of Burgesses Tightens Statutes involving Slaves, 1630-1705. 5. South Carolina Restricts the Liberties of Slaves, 1740. 6. Indian Trader John Lawson Writes about his Travels in Carolina, 1709. 7. The South Carolina Colonial Legislature Regulates the Indian Trade, 1751.
Essays.
Kathleen M. Brown, Gender and Race in Colonial Virginia. James Axtell, Making Do.
4. THE MATURING OF THE COLONIAL SOUTH.
Documents.
1. Eliza Lucas Writes on Life in Colonial South Carolina, 1740-1742. 2. Colonial Georgia Debates Slavery, 1735-1750. 3. South Carolina Newspapers Advertise for Runaway Slaves, 1743-1784. 4. Merchant Robert Pringle Observes Life and