This is a book-length study of free, white craftsmen and tradesmen in the pre-Civil War South. Michele Gillespie details these workers' worlds and tells how they struggled against declining social and economic opportunities while skilled slaves increasingly took up the mechanical, building, clothing, and decorative arts trades.
- ISBN13 9780820326702
- Publish Date 6 September 2004 (first published 5 December 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Georgia Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 264
- Language English