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

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Gleanings of Freedom the working class in american history Editorial Advisors James R. Barrett Alice Kessler-Harris Nelson Lichtenstein David Montgomery Gleanings of Freedom Free and Slave Labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790–1860 max grivno University of Illinois Press urbana, chicago, and springfield Publication of this book is supported by the Richard T. Farrell Award, given by the Department of History at the University of Maryland.© 2011 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America c 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grivno, Max L. Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790–1860 / Max Grivno. p. cm. — (The working class in American history) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-252-03652-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-252-09356-2 (e-book) 1. Slave labor—Maryland—History—19th century. 2. Slavery—Maryland—History—19th century. 3. Freedmen—Maryland—History—19th century. 4. Agricultural laborers—Maryland—History—19th century. 5. Mason-Dixon Line. I. Title. e445.m3g74 2011 305.5'63—dc23 2011041224 Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man? Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. —Job 7:1–3 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. —James 5:4 ...