Institutional slavery : slaveholding churches, schools, colleges, and businesses in Virginia, 1680-1860 /
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| Author / Creator: | Oast, Jennifer, author. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016. ©2016 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages .) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12869773 |
| Summary: | The traditional image of slavery begins with a master and a slave. However, not all slaves had traditional masters; some were owned instead by institutions, such as church congregations, schools, colleges, and businesses. This practice was pervasive in early Virginia; its educational, religious, and philanthropic institutions were literally built on the backs of slaves. Virginia's first industrial economy was also developed with the skilled labor of African American slaves. This book focuses on institutional slavery in Virginia as it was practiced by the Anglican and Presbyterian churches, free schools, and four universities: the College of William and Mary, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Virginia, and Hollins College. It also examines the use of slave labor by businesses and the Commonwealth of Virginia in industrial endeavors. This is not only an account of how institutions used slavery to further their missions, but also of the slaves who belonged to institutions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages .) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316225486 1316225488 9781316498750 1316498751 9781316497432 1316497437 9781107105270 1107105277 1316498425 9781316498422 1316496775 1316497100 9781316497104 9781107512566 1107512565 1316496449 9781316496442 9781316496770 |