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Working Toward Freedom

Name: Working Toward Freedom
Author: Larry E. Hudson Jr
ISBN: 9781878822383

by Larry E. Hudson Jr

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The opportunity for slaves to produce goods, for their own use or for sale, facilitated the development of a domestic economy largely independent of their masters and the wider white community. Drawing from a range of primary sources, these essays show how slaves organised their domestic economy and created an economic and social space for themselves under slavery which profoundly affected family and gender relations. In their efforts to protect the integrity of their families they became primary actors in their preparation for freedom. Selected and revised for publication, this collection of essays stems from the University of Rochester conference, "African-American Work and Culture in the 18th and 19th Centuries." Contributors include: Josephine A. Beoku Betts, Kenneth L. Brown, John Campbell, Cheryll Ann Cody, Mary Beth Corrigan, Stanley, L. Engerman, Sharon Ann Holt, Larry E. Hudson Jr, Robert Olwell, Lorena S. Walsh

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Examining the people who were slaves rather than focusing on the institution of slavery, these 11 essays show how slaves organized their domestic economy and created an economic and social space for themselves under slavery. By exploiting their opportunities to provide for themselves, these slaves re- established their deep attachment to the family and, in their efforts to protect their integrity, became primary actors in their preparation for freedom. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)