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Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860
- Title
- Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 / Max Grivno.
- Author
- Grivno, Max L.
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
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- Description
- xiii, 269 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The working class in American history
- Uniform Title
- Working class in American history.
- Subject
- Slave labor > Maryland > History > 18th century
- Slave labor > Maryland > History > 19th century
- Slavery > Maryland > History
- African American agricultural laborers > Maryland > History
- African Americans > Social conditions
- Agricultural laborers > Maryland > History
- Freed persons > Maryland > History
- Mason-Dixon Line > History
- Maryland > Race relations > History > 18th century
- Maryland > Race relations > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1803 -- "The land flows with milk and honey" : agriculture and labor in the early republic -- "A strange reverse of fortune" : panic, depression, and the transformation of labor -- "There are objections to black and white, but one must be chosen" : managing farms and farmhands in antebellum Maryland -- " -- how much of oursels we owned" : finding freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line -- "Chased out on the slippery ice" : rural wage laborers in antebellum Maryland -- Conclusion : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-77
- ISBN
- 9780252036521 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0252036522 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780252093562 (e-book)
- 0252093569 (e-book)
- OCLC
- 719427880
- Author
- Grivno, Max L.
- Title
- Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 / Max Grivno.
- Imprint
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
- Series
- The working class in American historyWorking class in American history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-77