Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865 / Midori Takagi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takagi, Midori, 1962-

Series:

Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies Rearing wolves to our own destruction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Slavery.

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

Physical Description:

x, 187 p. : ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613885203

9780813929170

0813929172

9781283572750

1283572753

9780585121611

0585121613

OCLC:

44957942