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The price for their pound of flesh : the value of ... Read More

Berry, Daina Ramey,(author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780807047620 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, 2017.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The Value of Life and Death -- Preconception, ... Read More
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"Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities ... Read More

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Subject: Slavery > Economic aspects > United States.
Slave-trade > United States > History.
Slaves > United States > Economic conditions.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Child slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Women slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Older slaves > United States > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
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520 . ‡a"Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early America The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives--including from before birth to after death--in the American domestic slave trades. Covering the full "life cycle" (including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death), historian Daina Berry shows the lengths to which slaveholders would go to maximize profits. She draws from over ten years of research to explore how enslaved people responded to being appraised, bartered, and sold. By illuminating their lives, Berry ensures that the individuals she studies are regarded as people, not merely commodities. Analyzing the depth of this monetization of human property will change the way we think about slavery, reparations, capitalism, and nineteenth-century medical education"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
5050 . ‡aThe Value of Life and Death -- Preconception, Women, and Future Increase -- Infancy and Childhood -- Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Soul Values -- Mid-Life and Older Adulthood -- Elderly and Superannuated -- Postmortem, Death, and Ghost Values -- Epilogue: The Afterlives of Slavery.
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