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

Man and wife in America : a history / Hendrik Hartog.

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

Man and wife in America : a history / Hendrik Hartog.