Hirelings : African American Workers and Free Labor in Early Maryland.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780801460678
- Free African Americans -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Free African Americans -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Free African Americans -- Employment -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Free African Americans -- Employment -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Agricultural laborers -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Agricultural laborers -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- African American agricultural laborers -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- 331.2/160899607521
- E185.93.M2
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Work -- 2. Migration -- 3. Family -- 4. Dependency -- 5. Community -- 6. Recession -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Recreating the social and economic milieu of Maryland's Eastern Shore when slaves and freedmen lived side by side.
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