Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Books
Books editi da Johns Hopkins Univ Pr con argomento Slave Labor

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Rockman Seth
edizioni Johns Hopkins Univ Pr collana Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (Paperback)
Enslaved mariners, white seamstresses, Irish dockhands, free black domestic servants, and native-born street sweepers all navigated the low-end labor market in post-Revolutionary Baltimore. Seth Rockman considers this diverse workforce, exploring how race, sex, nativity, and legal status determined the economic opportunities...