From bondage to contract : wage labor, marriage, and the market in the age of slave emancipation / Amy Dru Stanley.

The work ethic in industrial America, 1850-1920 / Daniel T. Rodgers.

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Labor - United States - History

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From bondage to contract : wage labor, marriage, and the market in the age of slave emancipation / Amy Dru Stanley.

The work ethic in industrial America, 1850-1920 / Daniel T. Rodgers.