Bibliograph

Gleanings of freedom, free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860, Max Grivno

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Gleanings of freedom, free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860, Max Grivno

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gleanings of freedom

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

826443590

Responsibility statement

Max Grivno

Series statement

The working class in American history

Sub title

free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860

Table Of 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

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