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Author:

Grivno, Max L.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiii, 269 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slave labor--Maryland--History--19th century.
Slavery--Maryland--History--19th century.
Freedmen--Maryland--History--19th century.
Agricultural laborers--Maryland--History--19th century.
Mason-Dixon Line.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

The working class in American history

ISBN:

0252093569 (e-book)
9780252093562 (e-book)
0252036522 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780252036521 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)719427880

LCCN:

2011041224

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)