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Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings : An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed; University of Virginia is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Richmond's urban slave system offered blacks a level of economic and emotional support not usually available to plantation slaves. "Rearing Wolves to Our Own Destruction" offers a valuable portrait of urban slavery in an individual city that raises questions about the adaptability of slavery as an institution to an urban setting and, more importantly, the ways in which slaves were able to turn urban working conditions to their own advantage.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Annette Gordon-Reed; University of Virginia
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813933566
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.92 / 5 (285 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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