The black market : the slave's value in national culture after 1865 /

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"By 1860, the value of the slave population in the United States exceeded $3 billion--triple that of investments nationwide in factories, railroads, and banks combined, and worth more even than the South's lucrative farmland. The slave was not only a commodity to be traded but also a kind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carico, Aaron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Colección:Studies in United States culture.
Temas:
Freed persons > United States > Social conditions.
Freed persons > United States > Economic conditions.
Slavery > Economic aspects > United States.
Black market > United States.
Marché noir > États-Unis.
Personnes affranchies > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Personnes affranchies > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Black market
Freed persons > Economic conditions
Freed persons > Social conditions
Slavery > Economic aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Unabolished
  • Chapter One. Freedom as Accumulation
  • Chapter Two. The Spectacle of Free Black Personhood
  • Chapter Three. Cowboys and Slaves
  • Chapter Four. Southern Enclosure as American Literature
  • Conclusion: In the Trap
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
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