The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland

A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in border states where manumission was much more common. Whitman analyzes the economic and social history of Baltimore to show how the vigorous growth of the city required the exploitation of rural slaves. To prevent them from escaping and to spur higher production, owners entered into arrangements with t

Author: T. Stephen Whitman
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780813155548

About the Author

T. Stephen Whitman is assistant professor of history at Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland.

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