The price of freedom : slavery and manumission in Baltimore and early national Maryland /

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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 B...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whitman, T. Stephen, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1997.
Subjects:
Slavery > Maryland.
Slavery > Maryland > Baltimore.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Maryland.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Maryland > Baltimore.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Maryland.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Maryland > Baltimore.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Race relations
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Vrijlating.
Slavernij.
Maryland > History.
Maryland > Race relations.
Baltimore (Md.) > History.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations.
Maryland > Histoire.
Maryland > Relations raciales.
Maryland
Maryland > Baltimore
History
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