Slavery in the Cities: The South 1820-1860 / Edition 1

by Richard C. Wade

Overview

Attempts to show what happened to slavery in an urban environment and to reconstruct the texture of life of the Negroes who lived in bondage in the cities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195007558
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/31/1967
Series:	Galaxy Books
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.73(d)

Editorial Reviews

"A thoroughly researched and carefully written piece of work....A book of great merit."—Journal of American History

"An original and illuminating study showing both the diversity of the slavery system and the irrepressibility of the Negro demand for freedom and equality."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., City University of New York Graduate School

From the Publisher