Title The Black worker to 1869 / edited by Philip S. Foner and Ronald L. Lewis

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2019 ©1978

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Description 1 online resource Series The Black worker : a documentary history from colonial times to the present ; volume 1 Black worker ; v. 1 Contents Part I: Black labor in the old south. Blacks in the crafts and industries of the old south ; Slave craftsman in America ; Industrial slavery ; Hiring-out of slave mechanics Self-purchase by slave mechanics ; A slave mechanic's escape to freedom ; Occupations of free blacks in the south -- Part II: Race relations in old southern industries. The debate over the use of free or slave mechanics ; Petitions and protests of white mechanics against black mechanics ; Free black workers and the law ; Labor violence in black and white ; Observations on race relations -- Part III: Free black labor in the north. Northern free black occupations ; Discrimination against free black workers in the north -- Part IV: Living conditions and race relations in the north. Pauperism ; Colorphobia ; White abolitionists and jobs for free blacks ; Anti-black labor riots ; Northern free black kidnapped and sold into slavery -- Part V: Black workers in specific trades. Free black waiters ; Black seamen ; Black caulkers -- Part VI: The free black workers' response to oppression. Free black uplift : unions, cooperatives, conventions, schools ; Integrate or separate? -- Part VII: The northern black worker during the Civil War. The worsening status of free black workers in the north ; Anti-Negro riots in New York City ; Blacks in the Union Army and Navy ; White northerners anticipate the addition of ex-slaves to the labor force -- Part VIII: Condition of the worker during early Reconstruction. Reconstruction in the south ; Labor discontent in the south ; Condition of black workers in the north during Reconstruction -- Part IX: Exclusion of blacks from white unions during early Reconstruction. Race discrimination in the Cooper's Union, 1868 ; Lewis H. Douglas and the Typographical Union ; Exclusion of blacks from other unions -- Part X: The demand for equality. White labor and black labor : the black viewpoint ; A white labor voice for black equality -- Part XI: Black response to colorphobia. The National Labor Union and black labor, 1866-1869 ; 1869 Convention of the National Labor Union ; The first black labor leader : Isaac Myers, the Baltimore caulkers, and the colored trade unions of Maryland Notes Originally published in 1978 Reissued with foreword by Keona K. Ervin Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Enslaved persons -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Free African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Freed persons -- Employment -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Racism in the workplace -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Sources African Americans -- Employment. African Americans -- Economic conditions. African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Employment Freed persons -- Employment Race relations Racism in the workplace SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Sources United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States Genre/Form primary sources. History Sources Primary sources. Sources. Form Electronic book Author Ervin, Keona K., author of introduction, etc. Foner, Philip Sheldon, 1910-1994, editor. Lewis, Ronald L., 1940- editor. ISBN 9781439917664 1439917663

Other Titles Black worker to 1896

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