Gleanings of Freedom : Free and Slave Labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grivno, Max L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slavery.
Slave labor.
Freed persons.
Agricultural laborers.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Affranchis > Maryland > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Travail > Maryland > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Agricultural laborers > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Freed persons > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Slave labor > Maryland > History > 19th century.
United States > Mason-Dixon Line.
Maryland.
Mason-Dixon Line.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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