Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction: Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
(Part of the The Carter G. Woodson Institute Series: Black Studies at Work in the World Series)
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RICHMOND WAS NOT only the capital of Virginia and of the Confederacy; it was also one of the most industrialized cities south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Boasting ironworks, tobacco processing plants, and flour mills, the city by 1860 drew half of its male workforce from the local slave population. Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction examines this unusual urban labor system from 1782 until the end of the Civil War. Many urban bondsmen and women were...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:081392099X
ISBN13:9780813920993
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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