Rearing wolves to our own destruction
slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
by Midori Takagi
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Richmond was not only the capital of Virginia and of the Confederacy, it was also one of the most industrialized cities south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Boasting ironworks, tobacco-processing plants, and flour mills, the city by 1860 drew half of its male workforce from the local slave population. "Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction" examines this unusual urban labor system from 1782 until the end of the Civil War.
Richmond's urban slave system offered blacks a level of economic and emotional support not usually available to plantation slaves. "Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction" offers a valuable portrait of urban slavery in an individual city that raises questions about the adaptability of slavery as an institution to an urban setting and, more importantly, the ways in which slaves were able to turn urban working conditions to their own advantage.
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History, Social conditions, Slavery, African Americans, Slaves, Sklaverei, Slavernij, Geschichte 1782-1865, Slavery, united states, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans, Richmond (va.), history, Richmond (va.), social conditions, Esclaves, Conditions sociales, Noirs américains, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Ethnic Studies, African American StudiesPlaces
Richmond, Virginia, Richmond (Va.)Times
19th century, 18th centuryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction": Slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865 (Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies)
January 2002, University of Virginia Press
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Rearing wolves to our own destruction: slavery in Richmond, Virginia, 1782-1865
1999, University Press of Virginia
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-179) and index.
Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, New York.
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"IN 1782 when Richmond received its formal recognition as a city, it had only a thousand inhabitants and hardly resembled a bustling metropolis; incorporated or not, it was little more than a small port town."
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