Title Land and labor, 1866-1867 / edited by René Hayden, Anthony E. Kaye, Kate Masur, Steven F. Miller, Susan E. O'Donovan, Leslie S. Rowland and Stephen A. West

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource Series A documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867 ; ser. 3, v. 2 Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867 ; ser. 3, v. 2. Contents Enforcing free labor -- Possession and dispossession -- Labor on plantation and farm -- Nonagricultural labor -- Labor and family life -- Commerce, credit, and debt -- Dependency and relief -- Workers on the move -- In search of landed independence Summary This volume examines the remaking of the South's labour system in the tumultuous aftermath of emancipation. Using documents selected from the National Archives, this volume depicts the struggle of unenfranchised and impoverished ex-slaves to control their own labour, establish their families as viable economic units, and secure independent possession of land Notes The source of all the documents published in the Freedom series is the United States National Archives and Records Administration Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 13, 2016) Subject Freed persons -- Southern States -- History -- Sources Freed persons -- Southern States -- Economic conditions -- Sources African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Sources African Americans -- Land tenure -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources African Americans -- Employment -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) African Americans African Americans -- Employment African Americans -- Land tenure Freed persons Freed persons -- Economic conditions Race relations SUBJECT Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877 -- Sources Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Sources United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Subject Southern States United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Sources Form Electronic book Author Hayden, René, editor. Kaye, Anthony E., editor. Masur, Kate, editor. Miller, Steven F., editor. O'Donovan, Susan E., editor. Rowland, Leslie S., editor. West, Stephen A., 1965- editor. United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission, sponsoring body. United States. National Archives and Records Administration. LC no. 2013004095 ISBN 9781469611099 1469611090

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