An edition of "Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe" (2007)

"Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe"

gender and slavery in antebellum Georgia

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An edition of "Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe" (2007)

"Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe"

gender and slavery in antebellum Georgia

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University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Pages
224

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Subjects
Race relations, Community life, Slavery, Women slaves, Sex role, Slaves, Social conditions, Economic aspects, History, Slaves, united states, social conditions, Slavery, united states, history, United states, race relations, Women, social conditions, Slavery, united states, Georgia, race relations

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"Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe": gender and slavery in antebellum Georgia
2010, University of Illinois Press
in English - 1st ill. pbk.
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"Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe": gender and slavery in antebellum Georgia
2007, University of Illinois Press
in English
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Table of Contents

"I had to work hard, plow, and go and split wood jus' like a man" : skill, gender, and productivity in agricultural settings
"Dey s'lected me out to be a housegirl" : the privileges and pain of nonagricultural labor
"There sho' was a sight of us" : enslaved family and community rituals
"O, I never has forgot dat last dinner wit my folks" : enslaved family and community realities
"For the current year" : the informal economy and slave hiring
Epilogue : the aftermath of slavery.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index.

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Series
Women in American history, Women in American history

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Dewey Decimal Class
307.720862509758
Library of Congress
E445.G3 B47 2010, E445.G3

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 224 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
224

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OL27790272M
Internet Archive
swingsickleforha0000berr
ISBN 10
025207758X
ISBN 13
9780252077586
OCLC/WorldCat
642284099

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