The price of freedom : slavery and manumission in Baltimore and early national Maryland

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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Main Author: Whitman, T. Stephen, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1997
Subjects:
Slavery > Maryland.
Slavery > Maryland > Baltimore.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Maryland.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Maryland > Baltimore.
Maryland > History.
Maryland > Race relations.
Baltimore (Md.) > History.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Slavery in early national Baltimore and rural Maryland
  • Industrial slavery in Baltimore
  • The black drive for autonomy and masters' responses
  • Manumission and the transformation of slavery
  • Free black family strategies for gaining freedom
  • Political-economic thought and free blacks.

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