Land and labor, 1866-1867 /

Land and labor, 1866-1867 / edited by René Hayden, Anthony E. Kaye, Kate Masur, Steven F. Miller, Susan E. O'Donovan, Leslie S. Rowland and Stephen A. West.

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This volume examines the remaking of the South's labour system in the tumultuous aftermath of emancipation. Using documents selected from the National Archives, this volume depicts the struggle of unenfranchised and impoverished ex-slaves to control their own labour, establish their families as...

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Online Access: Full Text (via HeinOnline)
Corporate Authors: United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission (sponsoring body.), United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Other Authors: Hayden, René (Editor), Kaye, Anthony E. (Editor), Masur, Kate (Editor), Miller, Steven F. (Editor), O'Donovan, Susan E. (Editor), Rowland, Leslie S. (Editor), West, Stephen A., 1965- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867 ; ser. 3, v. 2.
Subjects:
Freed persons > Southern States > History > Sources.
Freed persons > Southern States > Economic conditions > Sources.
African Americans > History > 1863-1877 > Sources.
African Americans > Land tenure > Southern States > History > 19th century > Sources.
African Americans > Employment > Southern States > History > 19th century > Sources.
African Americans.
African Americans > Employment.
African Americans > Land tenure.
Freedmen.
Freedmen > Economic conditions.
Race relations.
Southern States > History > 1865-1877 > Sources.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century > Sources.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century > Sources.
Southern States.
United States.
History.
Sources.
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Summary:This volume examines the remaking of the South's labour system in the tumultuous aftermath of emancipation. Using documents selected from the National Archives, this volume depicts the struggle of unenfranchised and impoverished ex-slaves to control their own labour, establish their families as viable economic units, and secure independent possession of land.
Item Description:The source of all the documents published in the Freedom series is the United States National Archives and Records Administration.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469611099
1469611090
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 13, 2016)

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