03057nam 2200613 450 991082063870332120230324003932.00-8131-6509-1(CKB)3710000000334467(EBL)1915670(SSID)ssj0000226878(PQKBManifestationID)11185951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226878(PQKBWorkID)10263284(PQKB)10189286(Au-PeEL)EBL1915670(CaPaEBR)ebr11005572(OCoLC)900345065(MiAaPQ)EBC1915670(EXLCZ)99371000000033446720150124h19971997 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe price of freedom slavery and manumission in Baltimore and early national Maryland /T. Stephen WhitmanLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1997.©19971 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-60112-7 0-8131-5554-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 SLAVERY IN EARLY NATIONAL BALTIMORE AND RURAL MARYLAND; 2 INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY IN BALTIMORE; 3 THE BLACK DRIVE FOR AUTONOMY AND MASTERS' RESPONSES; 4 MANUMISSION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF SLAVERY; 5 FREE BLACK FAMILY STRATEGIES FOR GAINING FREEDOM; 6 POLITICAL-ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND FREE BLACKS; Conclusions; Appendix A: Baltimore Slaveholders, 1790-1820; Appendix B: Occupational Categories; Appendix C: Sale Prices of Term Slaves and Slaves for Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index;A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in border states where manumission was much more common. Whitman analyzes the economic and social history of Baltimore to show how the vigorous growth of the city required the exploitation of rural slaves. To prevent them from escaping and to spur higher production, owners entered into arrangements with their slaves, promising eventual freedom in return for many years' hard work. The Price of Freedom reveaSlaveryMarylandSlaveryMarylandBaltimoreEnslaved personsEmancipationMarylandEnslaved personsEmancipationMarylandBaltimoreMarylandHistorySlaverySlaveryEnslaved personsEmancipationEnslaved personsEmancipation975.2/00496Whitman T. Stephen1950-1711623MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820638703321The price of freedom4103086UNINA