The Meaning of Slavery in the North
- List Price: $175.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- Publish date: 03/01/1998
Comprising innovative collections of original articles as well as book-length monographs, Crosscurrents in African American History offers students, scholars, and general readers an up-to-date survey of the state of the field. The volumes will reflect contemporary and innovative methodologies, with the work of younger researchers well represented.
Southern cotton planters and Northern textile mill owners maintained what has been called "an unholy alliance between the lords of the lash and the lords of the loom". This collection of original essays focuses on the central role of slavery in the early development of industrialization in the United States as well as on the interconnections among the histories of African Americans, women, and labor.
