Unfree Markets : : The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina / / Justene Hill Edwards.
The everyday lives of enslaved people were filled with the backbreaking tasks that their enslavers forced them to complete. But in spare moments, they found time in which to earn money and obtain goods for themselves. Enslaved people led vibrant economic lives, cultivating produce and raising livest...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION: CAPITALISM IN THE ECONOMIC LIVES OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE
- 1. “NEGROES PUBLICKLY CABALING IN THE STREETS”: THE ENSLAVED ECONOMY AND THE CULTURE OF SLAVERY IN COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA
- 2. “THIS INFAMOUS TRAFFICK”: THE SLAVES’ TRADE IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
- 3. “A DANGEROUS AND GROWING PRACTICE”: ENSLAVED ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE COTTON ECONOMY IN THE NEW NATION
- 4. “THE FACILITY OF OBTAINING MONEY”: VIOLENCE, FEAR, AND ACCUMULATION IN THE VESEY ERA
- 5. “THE NEGROES’ ACCOUNTS”: CAPITALIST INFLUENCES IN THE SLAVES’ ECONOMY
- 6. “A MONSTROUS NUISANCE”: ENSLAVED ENTERPRISES, CLASS ANXIETIES, AND THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
- CONCLUSION: “FREEDOM AIN’T NOTHIN”: CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM IN THE SHADOW OF SLAVERY
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index