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Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore (Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia)
Scraping By Wage Labor Slavery and Survival in Early Baltimore - Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Seth Rockman
Enslaved mariners, white seamstresses, Irish dockhands, free black domestic servants, and native-born street sweepers all navigated the low-end labor market in post-Revolutionary Baltimore. Seth Rockman considers this diverse workforce, exploring how race, sex, nativity, and legal status determined the economic opportunities and vulnerabilities ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801890079
ISBN-10: 0801890071
Publication Date: 12/19/2008
Pages: 392
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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