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Book Title: Chattel Slavery And Wage Slavery: The Anglo-American Context...
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
Publication Name: Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery : the Anglo-American Context, 1830-1860
Language: English
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Subject: Slavery, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, United States / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, United States / General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Marcus Cunliffe
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 8.5 in
Series: Mercer University LaMar Memorial Lectures Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
