The price of freedom : slavery and manumission in Baltimore and early national Maryland / T. Stephen Whitman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, T. Stephen, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Maryland.

Slavery.

Slavery--Maryland--Baltimore.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Maryland.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Maryland--Baltimore.

Maryland--History.

Maryland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in border states where manumission was much more common. Whitman analyzes the economic and social history of Baltimore to show how the vigorous growth of the city required the exploitation of rural slaves. To prevent them from escaping and to spur higher production, owners entered into arrangements with their slaves, promising eventual freedom in return for many years' hard work. The Price of Freedom revea

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 SLAVERY IN EARLY NATIONAL BALTIMORE AND RURAL MARYLAND; 2 INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY IN BALTIMORE; 3 THE BLACK DRIVE FOR AUTONOMY AND MASTERS' RESPONSES; 4 MANUMISSION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF SLAVERY; 5 FREE BLACK FAMILY STRATEGIES FOR GAINING FREEDOM; 6 POLITICAL-ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND FREE BLACKS; Conclusions; Appendix A: Baltimore Slaveholders, 1790-1820; Appendix B: Occupational Categories; Appendix C: Sale Prices of Term Slaves and Slaves for Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6509-1

OCLC:

900345065