Black Bondage in the North

Black Bondage in the North
ISBN-10
0815628935
ISBN-13
9780815628934
Category
Social Science
Pages
246
Language
English
Published
2001-11-01
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Author
Edgar J. McManus

Description

This history of the Northern slave system examines its operation from its colonial beginnings to its dissolution. In the early 19th century the author sees that economic displacement allows an emancipation of blacks that is at least as beneficial to the masters as to the blacks.

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