Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865

Author(s)

• Takagi, Midori

Bibliographic Information

Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865

Midori Takagi

（Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies）

University Press of Virginia, 1999

Note

Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, New York

Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-179) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work examines the unusual labour system in Richmond, Virginia from 1782 to the end of the Civil War. The city drew half of its male workforce from the local slave population, offering blacks a level of economic and emotional support not usually available to plantation slaves.

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• NCID: BA49644395
• ISBN:
  • 0813918340
• LCCN: 98035770
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Charlottesville
• Pages/Volumes: x, 187 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F234.R59
  • DC21 : 306.3/62/09755
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Slaves -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13064688