| Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction: Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865 Contributor(s): Takagi, Midori (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813918340 ISBN-13: 9780813918341 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 98-35770 |
| Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.39" W x 9.35" (1.20 lbs) 187 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
