Gleanings of freedom : free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 / / Max Grivno.
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| Superior document: | The working class in American history |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Working class in American history.
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 269 p. :; ill., map. |
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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
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- 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.