Rearing wolves to our own destruction, slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865, Midori Takagi
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Rearing wolves to our own destruction, slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865, Midori Takagi
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-179) and index
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mapsillustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Rearing wolves to our own destruction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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39456029
Responsibility statement
Midori Takagi
Series statement
Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies
Sub title
slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
Summary
Richmond was not only the capital of Virginia and of the Confederacy, it was also one of the most industrialized cities south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Boasting ironworks, tobacco-processing plants, and flour mills, the city by 1860 drew half of its male workforce from the local slave population. "Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction" examines this unusual urban labor system from 1782 until the end of the Civil WarRichmond's urban slave system offered blacks a level of economic and emotional support not usually available to plantation slaves. "Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction" offers a valuable portrait of urban slavery in an individual city that raises questions about the adaptability of slavery as an institution to an urban setting and, more importantly, the ways in which slaves were able to turn urban working conditions to their own advantage
Table Of Contents
Inauspicious beginnings -- The road to industrialization and the rise of urban slavery, 1800-1840 -- Behind the urban "big house" -- Maturation of the urban industrial slave system, 1840-1860 -- Formation of an independent slave community -- The war years, 1861-1865
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Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
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- Slaves -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
- 1700-1899
- Slavery
- Geschichte 1782-1865
- Virginia + Richmond
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Sklaverei
- History
- Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
- Richmond, Va
- Richmond (Va.)
- Slavernij
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Geschichte 1782-1865.
- Slaves + Social conditions
- Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 18th century
- African Americans + Social conditions
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- Slaves -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
- 1700-1899
- Slavery
- Geschichte 1782-1865
- Virginia + Richmond
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Sklaverei
- History
- Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
- Richmond, Va
- Richmond (Va.)
- Slavernij
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Geschichte 1782-1865.
- Slaves + Social conditions
- Slavery -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 18th century
- African Americans + Social conditions
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