Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina
(Part of the Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism Series)
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The everyday lives of enslaved people were filled with the backbreaking tasks that their enslavers forced them to complete. But in spare moments, they found time in which to earn money and obtain goods for themselves. Enslaved people led vibrant economic lives, cultivating produce and raising livestock to trade and sell. They exchanged goods with nonslaveholding whites and even sold products to their enslavers. Did these pursuits represent a modicum...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231191138
ISBN13:9780231191135
Release Date:April 2021
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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