The price for their pound of flesh

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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 death--in the American domestic slave trades. Covering the full "life cycle" (including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death), historian Daina Berry shows the lengths to which slaveholders would go to maximize profits. She draws from over ten years of research to explore how enslaved people responded to being appraised, bartered, and sold. By illuminating their lives, Berry ensures that the individuals she studies are regarded as people, not merely commodities. Analyzing the depth of this monetization of human property will change the way we think about slavery, reparations, capitalism, and nineteenth-century medical education"-- Contains primary source material.

subjects: Slave trade,  Slaves,  Older slaves,  Slavery,  Women slaves,  Economic conditions,  Child slaves,  Social conditions,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery,  History,  Slavery, united states,  Slaves, united states, social conditions,  Enslavement,  Economics,  Enslaved Persons,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Ethnic Studies,  African American Studies,  Economic aspects,  Sklaverei,  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,  Umschulungswerkstätten für siedler und auswanderer,  Slavery--economic aspects,  Slavery--economic aspects--united states,  Slave trade--history,  Slave trade--united states--history,  Slaves--economic conditions,  Slaves--united states--economic conditions,  Slaves--social conditions,  Slaves--united states--social conditions,  Child slaves--social conditions,  Child slaves--united states--social conditions,  Women slaves--social conditions,  Women slaves--united states--social conditions,  Older slaves--social conditions,  Older slaves--united states--social conditions,  Social science--slavery,  Social science--ethnic studies--african american studies,  E443 .b446 2017,  306.3/620973,  Soc054000 soc001000,  Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer

Places: United States