The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

by Daina Ramey Berry

Book Overview

A groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities in early America that "reminds us of the cold calculus at the intersection of slavery and capitalism" (Kirkus Reviews).

"Searing, revelatory, and vital to understanding our nation's inequities." --Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns

In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807067148
• ISBN13: 9780807067147
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"