Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction: Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865Richmond'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. |
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Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction: Slavery in Richmond Virginia, 1782-1865 Midori Takagi No preview available - 1999 |