Format:
1 Online-Ressource (253 pages)
ISBN:
9780813165097
Content:
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 revea
Note:
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; B
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CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813155548
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Whitman, T. Stephen The price of freedom Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1997 ISBN 0813120047
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Baltimore, Md.
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Maryland
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Baltimore, Md.
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Maryland
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Freilassung
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Sklave
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Geschichte 1770-1820
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