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No right to an honest living : the struggles of Boston's black workers in the Civil War era / Jacqueline Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Jacqueline, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boston (Mass.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Boston (Mass.).
- African Americans--Employment--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
- African Americans.
- Free Black people--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--19th century.
- Free Black people.
- Fugitive slaves--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Working class African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--19th century.
- Working class African Americans.
- Labor--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.
- Labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 532 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Struggles of Boston's black workers in the Civil War era
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2023.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Words are easy"
- Prelude: The Edloe sixty-six
- Part I: 1850-1860
- The fugitive economy
- Underground commons
- The world of the streets
- Boston in the shadow of slavery
- Women in service
- Making a living in unsettled times
- Part II: 1861-1865
- The politics of wartime work and charitable assistance
- Boston diaspora I
- "A higher standard of courage"
- Hardship on the homefront
- "False and exaggerated ideas of freedom"
- Part III: 1865-1875
- Their suffering housekeepers
- Boston diaspora II
- White men demanding their own rights, but refusing to concede to others theirs
- Persistent industry
- "Safely doing injustice" to black Bostonians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-501) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781541619807 (electronic bk.)
- 1541619803 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031553239
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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