[PDF.05wy] The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland

The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland

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 | #3422421 in Books |  University Press of Kentucky |  1997-02-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .90 x6.30 x9.34l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||From Library Journal|Whitman (history, Mount St. Mary's Coll., Maryland) examines the complexities of slavery and master-slave relations in early Federal Baltimore. The ownership of slaves was a sizable investment, and Whitman illustrates that masters minimized

Paradoxically, in the decades following the Revolution, slavery in Baltimore gained strength even as slaves were being freed in record numbers. The vigorous growth of the city required the exploitation of rural slaves with craft skills. 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 of hard work. This was a practical, not a philanthropic arrangement; foll...

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