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Item Details
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FREE LABOR IN AN UNFREE WORLD
WHITE ARTISANS IN SLAVEHOLDING GEORGIA, 1789-1860 |
| By: |
Michele Gillespie |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£28.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0820326704 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780820326702 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 September, 2004 |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
This is a book-length study of free, white craftsmen and tradesmen in the pre-Civil War South. Michele Gillespie details these workers' worlds and tells how they struggled against declining social and economic opportunities while skilled slaves increasingly took up the mechanical, building, clothing, and decorative arts trades. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a book-length study of free, white craftsmen and tradesmen in the pre-Civil War South. Michele Gillespie details these workers' worlds and tells how they struggled against declining social and economic opportunities while skilled slaves increasingly took up the mechanical, building, clothing, and decorative arts trades. |
| Illustrations: |
10 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Georgia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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