Labor, Free and Slave: Workingmen and the Anti-Slavery Movement in the United States

Title: Labor, Free and Slave: Workingmen and the Anti-Slavery Movement in the United States
Author: Bernard Mandel
ISBN: 9780252074288
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Paper Ed
Number of Pages: 256
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: A classic piece of Old Left scholarship made available to a new generation of students and activists

Bernard Mandel's classic study provides a concise overview of the relationship between organized abolitionism and the fledgling labor movement in the period before the Civil War. Mandel argues that slavery reinforced the powerlessness of white workers North and South, and the racial divisions that it upheld rendered effective labor solidarity impossible. Deep distrust between abolitionists and the working classes, however, compelled Northern workers to find their own way into the antislavery ranks.