Alchemy of Slavery: Human Bondage and Emancipation in the Illinois Country, 1730-1865

Contributor(s): Heerman, M Scott (Author)

ISBN: 9780812225174

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$29.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

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Pub Date: March 1, 2022

Dewey: 306.36209773

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 8.70" L x 5.60" W ( 0.85 lbs) 248 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: America in the Nineteenth Century

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

The Alchemy of Slavery foregrounds diverse and adaptable slaving practices that masters deployed to build a slave economy in Illinois, innovating in response to antislavery pressures.

Review Quotes: ""For a book so ambitious in scope, The Alchemy of Slaverydelivers its punch in a slim volume."-- "Journal of American History"

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