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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Greene, Harlan. Slave badges and the slave-hire system in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2004 (OCoLC)607071151 Online version: Greene, Harlan. Slave badges and the slave-hire system in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2004 (OCoLC)607696603 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Harlan Greene; Harry S Hutchins; Brian E Hutchins |
ISBN: | 0786417293 9780786417292 9780786440900 0786440902 |
OCLC Number: | 53459029 |
Description: | vi, 194 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
Contents: | The Badge Laws: A Summary, 1670-1866 -- 1670-1822: Laws of the Colony and the Early Republic -- 1823-1866: Laws of the Antebellum and Civil War Period -- The System: Annual Recapitulations of Income and Expenses and a Guide to the Badges -- 1800-1810 -- 1811-1820 -- 1821-1830 -- 1831-1840 -- 1841-1850 -- 1851-1860 -- 1861-1865 -- Afterword: A Note on Counterfeits. |
Responsibility: | Harlan Greene and Harry S. Hutchins, Jr., with Brian E. Hutchins. |
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This work documents how the slave-hire system in Charleston came about, how it worked, who was in charge of it, and who enforced the laws regarding slave badges. Numerous badge makers are identified, and photographs of badges, with commentary on what the data stamped on them means, are included.
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Important Work for Antebellum Charleston
This skillfully researched and well documented source contains eight colored plates showing the detail of thirty-nine badges for servant, mechanic, porter and other occupations as well as free badges. The entire work is an important contribution to understanding an important aspect of slave life in...
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This skillfully researched and well documented source contains eight colored plates showing the detail of thirty-nine badges for servant, mechanic, porter and other occupations as well as free badges. The entire work is an important contribution to understanding an important aspect of slave life in the antebellum period of Charleston, South Carolina.
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