Working Toward Freedom: Slave Society and Domestic Economy in the American South

Working Toward Freedom: Slave Society and Domestic Economy in the American South
ISBN-10
1878822373
ISBN-13
9781878822376
Category
History
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
University Rochester Press
Author
Larry E. Hudson

Description

The opportunity for slaves to produce goods, for their own use or for sale, facilitated the development of a domestic economy largely independent of their masters and the wider white community. Drawing from a range of primary sources, In their efforts to protect the integrity of their families they became primary actors in their preparation for freedom. Selected and revised for publication, this collection of essays stems from the University of Rochester conference, "African-American Work and Culture in the 18th and 19th Centuries." Contributors: Josephine A. Beoku Betts, Kenneth L. Brown, John Campbell, Cheryll Ann Cody, Mary Beth Corrigan, Stanley, L. Engerman, Sharon Ann Holt, Larry E. Hudson Jr, Robert Olwell, Lorena S. Walsh

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