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Autore |
Grivno Max L |
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Titolo |
Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 / / Max Grivno |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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9780252093562 |
0252093569 |
9781283989268 |
1283989263 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Collana |
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The working class in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slave labor - Maryland - History - 19th century |
Slavery - Maryland - History - 19th century |
Freed persons - Maryland - History - 19th century |
Agricultural laborers - Maryland - History - 19th century |
Mason-Dixon Line |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1803 -- "The land flows with milk and honey" : agriculture and labor in the early republic -- "A strange reverse of fortune" : panic, depression, and the transformation of labor -- "There are objections to black and white, but one must be chosen" : managing farms and farmhands in antebellum Maryland -- " -- how much of oursels we owned" : finding freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line -- "Chased out on the slippery ice" : rural wage laborers in antebellum Maryland -- Conclusion : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Late 18th- and early 19th-century landowners in the hinterlands of Baltimore, Maryland, cobbled together workforces from a diverse labour population of black and white apprentices, indentured servants, slaves, and hired workers. The Upper South during this period presents a unique perspective on how free and slave labour systems coexisted and interacted during a time when slavery and free labour were moving apart both geographically and ideologically. This work examines the intertwined lives of the poor whites, slaves, and free blacks who lived |
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