Takagi, Midori.

Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction : Slavery in Richmond Virginia, 1782-1865. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (203 pages) - Carter G. Woodson Institute Series . - Carter G. Woodson Institute Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Inauspicious Beginnings -- Chapter 2: The Road to Industrialization and the Rise of Urban Slavery, 1800-1840 -- Chapter 3: Behind the Urban ''Big Hou se'' -- Chapter 4: Maturation of the Urban Industrial Slave System, 1840-1860 -- Chapter 5: Formation of an Independent Slave Community -- Chapter 6: The War Years, 1861-1865 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction offers a valuable portrait of urban slavery in an individual city that raises questions about the adaptability of slavery as an institution to an urban setting and, more importantly, the ways in which slaves were able to turn urban working conditions to their own advantage.

9780813929170


Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 18th century.


Electronic books.

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