Black Bondage in the North - Softcover

McManus, Edgar J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815628935 ISBN 13: 9780815628934

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Reprinted in paper from a 1973 original, McManus' study provides an overview of how America's "peculiar institution" functioned north of the Mason-Dixon line. Unlike in the South, where slaves were employed largely in agricultural labor, the North trained its slave force to meet the needs of a mixed economy, and from the 17th century on, slaves could be found working as farmers, carpenters, shipwrights, sailmakers, printers, tailors, blacksmiths, weavers, and other jobs. The study describes the lives and working conditions of the slaves, how they themselves influenced the operation of the system, and how black resistance to bondage ultimately undermined economic efficiency and turned the racial hegemony of whites into a regime of mutual fear and distrust. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

<b>Edgar J. McManus</b> is professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of <i>A History of Negro Slavery in New York</i>, also published by Syracuse University Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815628935
• ISBN 13: 9780815628934
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236