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

Grivno, Max

ISBN 10: 0252080475 / ISBN 13: 9780252080470

Verlag: Univ of Illinois Pr, 2014

296 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers __0252080475

Inhaltsangabe:

Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century landowners in the hinterlands of Baltimore, Maryland, cobbled together workforces from a diverse labor population of black and white apprentices, indentured servants, slaves, and hired workers. This book examines the intertwined lives of the poor whites, slaves, and free blacks who lived and worked in this wheat-producing region along the Mason-Dixon Line. Drawing from court records, the diaries, letters, and ledgers of farmers and small planters, and other archival sources, Max Grivno reconstructs how these poorest of southerners eked out their livings and struggled to maintain their families and their freedom in the often unforgiving rural economy.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Max Grivno is an assistant professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Gleanings of Freedom Free and Slave Labor ...
Verlag: Univ of Illinois Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Brand New