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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Daina Ramey (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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
  • Appendix: A timeline of slavery, medical history, and black bodies
  • Note on sources: A history of people and corpses.