| Description |
xiii, 269 p. : ill., map. |
| Series |
Working class in American history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- " -- 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Slave labor -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
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Freed persons -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
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Agricultural laborers -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
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Mason-Dixon Line.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780252036521 (hardcover alk. paper) |
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0252036522 (hardcover alk. paper) |
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9780252093562 (e-book) |
| OCLC # |
EBC3414207 |
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