"Swing the sickle for the harvest is ripe"
Subtitle: gender and slavery in antebellum Georgia
By: Daina Ramey Berry
Edition: 1st ill. pbk.
Series: Women in American history; Women in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252077586
Subjects: Race relations; Community life; Slavery; Women slaves; Sex role; Slaves; Social conditions; Economic aspects; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index.

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Table of contents: title: "I had to work hard, plow, and go and split wood jus' like a man" : skill, gender, and productivity in agricultural settings; title: "Dey s'lected me out to be a housegirl" : the privileges and pain of nonagricultural labor; title: "There sho' was a sight of us" : enslaved family and community rituals; title: "O, I never has forgot dat last dinner wit my folks" : enslaved family and community realities; title: "For the current year" : the informal economy and slave hiring; title: Epilogue : the aftermath of slavery.