Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865

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Title:

Rearing wolves to our own destruction : slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865

Author:

Takagi, Midori, 1962-, author.

Personal Author:

Takagi, Midori, 1962-, author.

ISBN:

9780813918341

9780813918334

9780813920993

Publication Information:

Charlottesville & London : University Press of Virginia, [1999]

Physical Description:

x, 187 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Series:

Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies

Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies.

Local Note:

Boardroom copy found in the Howard M. Smith Room (Boardroom). Please ask for assistance from library staff to retrieve this resource.

Subject Term:

Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 18th century.

Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.

Slaves -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions.

African Americans -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions.

Geographic Term:

Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.

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Summary

Summary

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.

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