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Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery

by Calvin Schermerhorn

Written as a narrative history of slavery within the United States, Unrequited Toil details how an institution that seemed to be disappearing at the end of the American Revolution rose to become the most contested and valuable economic interest in the nation by 1850. Calvin Schermerhorn charts changes in the family lives of enslaved Americans, exploring the

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication date

Aug 16, 2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

266

ISBN

9781107608580