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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
ISBN
9780807047620
Published
2017
Pages
280
Publisher
Beacon Press
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Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early America
In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the se
In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the se
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