The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813155548)

A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in border states where manumission was much more common. Whitman analyzes the economic and social history of Baltimore to show how the vigorous growth of the city required the exploitation of rural slaves. To prevent them from escaping and to spur higher production, owners entered into arrangements with t

Author: T. Stephen Whitman
ISBN-10: 0813155541
ISBN-13: 9780813155548
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d