Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore (Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia)
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Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore (Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia)

by Seth Rockman

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Scraping By explores wage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore. Focusing on the conditions of work and economic life, Seth Rockman’s study places the city within the wider story of early American society and offers a focused contribution to the history of labor and the early American economy.

ISBN-13 9780801890079 ASIN 0801890071 Views 210 Publisher The Johns Hopkins University Press Year 2009 Edition First Edition Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 368 Adult No Created March 07, 2026 Updated October 20, 2026
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Scraping By examines wage labor, slavery, and survival in early Baltimore.

The book focuses on the economic and social conditions shaping life in an early American city.

It considers the relationship between labor and slavery within the development of the early American economy.

This volume is part of the Studies in Early American Economy and Society series from the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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