Black Labor in Richmond, 1865-1890

• Author(s): Peter J. Rachleff,
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Pages: 249
• ISBN_10: 0252060261
  ISBN_13: 9780252060267
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / State & Local / General , History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Demography , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity ,

Description:... ''The best study yet written about the ex-slave as urban wage-earner. It is essential reading for students of Afro-American and working-class history.'' -- Herbert Gutman''This book shows that black and white workers could act together and that a working-class reform movement, at least in one southern city, could challenge the existing status quo. . . . Rachleff presents an interesting story of social, economic, and political intrigue in a post-Civil War urban environment where class was pitted against class and race against race.'' -- C. K. McFarland, Journal of Southern History