“Slaves for Hire” surveys the practice of renting enslaved laborers in Antebellum Virginia, “Black Jacks” looks at rented slaves and free blacks in seafaring roles across the 18th and 19 centuries, and “Divided Mastery” looks at the common practices of slave hiring throughout the entire South, especially in the Antebellum period. Slaves for Hire Slaves...
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