Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South

by Keri Leigh Merritt

Book Overview

Analyzing land policy, labor, and legal history, Keri Leigh Merritt reveals what happens to excess workers when a capitalist system is predicated on slave labor. With the rising global demand for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316635430
• ISBN13: 9781316635438
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"