The price for their pound of flesh : the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation /

The price for their pound of flesh : the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation /

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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 d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Daina Ramey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]
Subjects:
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.
Table of Contents:
  • The 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.