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No right to an honest living : the struggles of Boston's black workers in the Civil War era

text No right to an honest living : the struggles of Boston's black workers in the Civil War era

Jones, Jacqueline

Summary
"Before, during, and after the US Civil War, Boston's Black workers were barred from the skilled trades, factory work, and public-works projects. In Boston, as in cities across the North, white abolitionists focused virtually all their energies on... Read more
Contents
Introduction: "Words are easy" -- Prelude: The Edloe sixty-six -- 1850-1860 -- The fugitive economy -- Underground commons -- The world of the streets -- Boston in the shadow of slavery -- Women in service -- Making a living in unsettled times -- ... Read more
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Description
viii, 532 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher
Basic Books 2023
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 974.4 JON in Adult Non-fiction Available

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