Gleanings of Freedom : Free and Slave Labor Along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860

Grivno, Max

ISBN 10: 0252080475 / ISBN 13: 9780252080470

Published by University of Illinois Press, 2014

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Synopsis:

Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century landowners in the hinterlands of Baltimore, Maryland, cobbled together workforces from a diverse labor population of black and white apprentices, indentured servants, slaves, and hired workers. This book examines the intertwined lives of the poor whites, slaves, and free blacks who lived and worked in this wheat-producing region along the Mason-Dixon Line. Drawing from court records, the diaries, letters, and ledgers of farmers and small planters, and other archival sources, Max Grivno reconstructs how these poorest of southerners eked out their livings and struggled to maintain their families and their freedom in the often unforgiving rural economy.

About the Author:

Max Grivno is an assistant professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gleanings of Freedom : Free and Slave Labor ...
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New