Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
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Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
(Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies)
University Press of Virginia, 1999
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Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, New York
Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-179) and index
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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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