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Black Bondage in the North

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Availability:In StockContributor:Edgar J. McManusPublish date:11/1/2001Pages:260
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815628934ISBN-10:815628935UPC:9780815628934Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Slavery, United StatesBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:8.94 x 6.04 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SC333N1KS7

Black Bondage in the North

An overview of how America's "peculiar institution" functioned north of the Mason-Dixon line. Unlike in the South, where slaves were employed largely in agricultural labor, the North trained its slave force to meet the needs of a mixed economy, and from the 17th century on, slaves could be found working as farmers, carpenters, shipwrights, sailmakers, printers, tailors, blacksmiths, weavers, and...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815628934ISBN-10:815628935UPC:9780815628934Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Slavery, United StatesBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:8.94 x 6.04 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SC333N1KS7
Edgar J. McManus is professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of A History of Negro Slavery in New York, also published by Syracuse University Press.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press

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