Scraping by: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore by Seth Rockman

Scraping by: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore

Seth Rockman

368 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Enslaved mariners, white seamstresses, Irish dockhands, free black domestic servants, and native-born street sweepers all navigated the low-end labor market in post-Revolutionary Baltimore. Seth Rockman considers this diverse workforce, exploring ...

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