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No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
No Right to an Honest Living The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Author: Jacqueline Jones
Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum Boston famous as the nation’s hub of radical abolitionism. In fact, however, the city was far from a beacon of equality.  In No Right to an Honest Living, historian Jacqueline Jones reveals how Boston was the United States writ small: a place where the soaring rhetoric ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781541619791
ISBN-10: 154161979X
Publication Date: 1/10/2023
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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