In this Book
- Gleanings of Freedom: Free and Slave Labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: The Working Class in American History
summary
Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century landowners in the hinterlands of Baltimore, Maryland, cobbled together workforces from a diverse labor population of black and white apprentices, indentured servants, slaves, and hired workers. This book examines the intertwined lives of the poor whites, slaves, and free blacks who lived and worked in this wheat-producing region along the Mason–Dixon Line. Drawing from court records, the diaries, letters, and ledgers of farmers and small planters, and other archival sources, Max Grivno 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.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations/Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xiv
- Conclusion: Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862
- pp. 195-200
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252093562
Related ISBN(s)
9780252036521, 9780252080470
MARC Record
OCLC
826443590
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2014