No right to an honest living : the struggles of Boston's Black workers in the Civil War era
by Jones, Jacqueline, 1948- (Author)
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Summary
"Before, during, and after the US Civil War, Boston's Black workers were barred from the skilled trades, factory work, and public-works projects. In Boston, as in cities across the North, white abolitionists focused virtually all their energies on the plight of enslaved Black Southerners, while refu... Full description
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First edition.
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African Americans > Employment > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Free Black people > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 19th century.
Working class African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Social conditions > 19th century.
Labor > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
Boston (Mass.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.