Working Toward Freedom: Slave Society and Domestic Economy in the American South

The opportunity for slaves to produce goods, for their own use or for sale, facilitated the development of a domestic economy largely independent of their masters and the wider white community. Drawing from a range of primary sources, In their efforts to protect the integrity of their families they became primary actors in their preparation for freedom. Selected and revised for publication, this collection of essays stems from the University of Rochester conference, "African-American Work and Culture in the 18th and 19th Centuries [larry_e._hudson_jr.]_working_toward_freedom_slave_bokos-z1_

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