The price for their pound of flesh : the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation / Daina Ramey Berry.

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"Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early America. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives--including from before birth to after...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Daina Ramey (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Slavery > Economic aspects > United States.
Slave trade > United States > History.
Enslaved persons > United States > Economic conditions.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions.
Enslaved children > United States > Social conditions.
Enslaved women > United States > Social conditions.
Enslaved older people > United States > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Physical Description:xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The value of life and death
  • Preconception, women, and future increase
  • Infancy and childhood
  • Adolescence, young adulthood, and soul values
  • Mid-life and older adulthood
  • Elderly and superannuated
  • Postmortem, death, and ghost values
  • Epilogue: The afterlives of slavery.