Land and Labor, 1865This book examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. Letters and testimony by the participants--former slaves, former slaveholders, Freedmen's Bureau agents, and others-reveal the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Essays by the editors place the documents in interpretive context and illuminate the major themes. |
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... hire and fire at will , unchecked by federal authorities . Plant- ers and farmers who had chafed at being required to support elderly and infirm ex - slaves declared themselves unwilling to continue doing so . In the " unanimous ...
... hire and fire at will , unchecked by federal authorities . Plant- ers and farmers who had chafed at being required to support elderly and infirm ex - slaves declared themselves unwilling to continue doing so . In the " unanimous ...
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... hire to par- ticular employers was beyond the pale , punishing those who refused to hire at all remained firmly within bounds . One of the bureau's district superintendents in Vir- ginia overruled subordinates who had told freedpeople ...
... hire to par- ticular employers was beyond the pale , punishing those who refused to hire at all remained firmly within bounds . One of the bureau's district superintendents in Vir- ginia overruled subordinates who had told freedpeople ...
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... hire white laborers , 123 ; Jefferson Parish LA , 576-77 ; Kemper County MS , 978-79 ; lack confidence in free labor , 63 , 382 , 577 , 713 , 904-5 , 911-12 , 923 ; lack familiarity with free labor , 216 , 233 , 904-5 ; LaGrange TN area ...
... hire white laborers , 123 ; Jefferson Parish LA , 576-77 ; Kemper County MS , 978-79 ; lack confidence in free labor , 63 , 382 , 577 , 713 , 904-5 , 911-12 , 923 ; lack familiarity with free labor , 216 , 233 , 904-5 ; LaGrange TN area ...
Contents
LAND AND LABOR 1865 | 1 |
The Novel Condition of Freedom | 71 |
Overseeing Freedom | 170 |
Copyright | |
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