The price of freedom : slavery and manumission in Baltimore and early national Maryland /
A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in border states where manumission was much more common. Whitman analyzes the economic and social history of B...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky
©1997.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt130hn8f |
| Summary: | A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in border states where manumission was much more common. Whitman analyzes the economic and social history of Baltimore to show how the vigorous growth of the city required the exploitation of rural slaves. To prevent them from escaping and to spur higher production, owners entered into arrangements with their slaves, promising eventual freedom in return for many years' hard work. The Price of Freedom revea. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813170222 9780813170220 9780813165097 0813165091 9780813183589 0813183588 0813120047 9780813120041 0415926084 9780415926089 0813155541 9780813155548 |