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

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

About the author

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

Summary

Drawing from court records, the diaries, letters, and ledgers of farmers and small planters, and other archival sources, the author 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.

Product details

• Authors: Max Grivno, Max L. Grivno
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2014
• EAN: 9780252080470
• ISBN: 978-0-252-08047-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Working Class in American Hist; Working Class in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous