The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor The Upper South |
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Editor:
| Berlin, Ira Miller, Steven F. Reidy, Joseph P. Rowland, Leslie S. |
Series title: | Freedom: a Documentary History of Emancipation Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-107-40579-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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As slavery collapsed during the American Civil War, former slaves struggled to secure their liberty, reconstitute their families, and create the institutions befitting a free people. This volume of Freedom, first published in 1993, presents a documentary history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South.
As slavery collapsed during the American Civil War, former slaves struggled to secure their liberty, reconstitute their families, and create the institutions befitting a free people. This volume of Freedom, first published in 1993, presents a documentary history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South.