Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial methods; Symbols and abbreviations; Part I. The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: 1. Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina; 2. The district of Columbia; 3. Middle and East Tennessee and Northern Alabama; 4. Maryland; 5. Missouri; 6. Kentucky; Index.
This 1993 volume of Freedom presents a history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South.
"There is so much in these documents that scholars, teachers, and
students of history will literally lose themselves in the
incredible story before them. Everyone associated with this project
is to be commended for a marvelous job well done indeed." Ronald L.
F. Davis, The Journal of Southern History
"...(pxxi), the authors state: 'Taken together, these records
provide the fullest documentation of the destruction of a dependent
social relationship, the release of a people from their dependent
status, and the simultaneous transformation of an entire society.
As far as is known, no comparable record exists for the liberation
of any group of serfs or slaves or for the transformation of any
people into wage workers' (xix). Ira Berlin, Steven Miller, Joseph
Reidy, and Leslie Rowland are to be commended for their effort."
Edmund L. Drago, Georgia Historical Quarterly
"The skillfully written essays that introduce this volume as a
whole as well as the individual state chapters significantly
advance our understanding of this pivotal period. Superbly crafted
and accessible, these essays would make splendid supplementary
reading for undergraduates....The scholarly community owes the
editorial team its gratitude, especially Ira Berlin who returned to
teaching with the completion of this volume after setting a new
standard of excellence for documentary history with the Freedman
and Southern History Project." Barbara L. Bellows, Labor
History
"...certainly qualifies as another landmark achievement....All
serious students of the war owe a mounting debt to the editors of
this magisterial project." Civil War
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