Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom Slavery in the Antebellum Upper South |
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| Author:
| Schermerhorn, Calvin |
| Series title: | Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-0036-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Once a sleepy plantation society, the region from the Chesapeake Bay to coastal North Carolina modernized and diversified its economy in the years before the Civil War. Central to this industrializing process was slave labor. Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom tells the story of how slaves seized opportunities in these conditions to protect ......
Once a sleepy plantation society, the region from the Chesapeake Bay to coastal North Carolina modernized and diversified its economy in the years before the Civil War. Central to this industrializing process was slave labor. Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom tells the story of how slaves seized opportunities in these conditions to protect ......