free and slave labor along the Mason-Dixon Line, 1790-1860 Grivno, Max L. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. ilu Urbana University of Illinois Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xiii, 269 p. : ill., map. Introduction : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1803 -- "The land flows with milk and honey" : agriculture and labor in the early republic -- "A strange reverse of fortune" : panic, depression, and the transformation of labor -- "There are objections to black and white, but one must be chosen" : managing farms and farmhands in antebellum Maryland -- " -- how much of oursels we owned" : finding freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line -- "Chased out on the slippery ice" : rural wage laborers in antebellum Maryland -- Conclusion : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862. Max Grivno. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us-md Slave labor Maryland History 19th century Slavery Maryland History 19th century Freedmen Maryland History 19th century Agricultural laborers Maryland History 19th century Mason-Dixon Line E445.M3 G74 2011eb 305.5/63 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10653972 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10653972 CaPaEBR 111006 ebr10653972