Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The - A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867

Klappentext This 1993 volume of Freedom presents a history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial methods; Symbols and abbreviations; Part I. The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: 1. Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina; 2. The district of Columbia; 3. Middle and East Tennessee and Northern Alabama; 4. Maryland; 5. Missouri; 6. Kentucky; Index.

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• Authors: IRA Berlin, Ira Miller Berlin, BERLIN IRA MILLER STEVEN F UNI
• Assisted by: IRA Berlin (Editor), Steven F. Miller (Editor), Miller Steven F. (Editor), Joseph P. Reidy (Editor), Reidy Joseph P. (Editor), Rowland Leslie S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405790
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40579-0
• No. of pages: 816
• Series: Freedom: A Documentary History; Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery