From bondage to contract is argued tautly and clearly around the theme of contract at times the books reliance on contract as an organizing framework somewhat reduces the complexities of northern and southern societies for example much evidence suggests that former slaves had views about land ownership work and marriage that did not fit easily within the framework of contract it is not clear from stanleys discussion of freedpeoples marriages that most african american women held . From bondage to contract wage labor marriage and the market in the age of slave emancipation get access buy the print book check if you have access via personal or institutional login log in register cited by 225 cited by 225 crossref citations this book has been cited by the following publications this list is generated based on data provided by crossref schor hilary m 1999 . From bondage to contract wage labor marriage and the market in the age of slave emancipation from bondage to contract this book explores how a generation of american thinkers and reformers . In the era of slave emancipation no ideal of freedom had greater power than that of contract the antislavery claim was that the negation of chattel status lay in the contracts of wage labor and marriage signifying self ownership volition and reciprocal exchange among formally equal individuals contract became the dominant metaphor for social relations and the very symbol of freedom this book explores how a generation of american thinkers and reformers abolitionists former slaves . From bondage to contract wage labor marriage and the market in the age of slave emancipation by amy dru stanley 1998 11 13 amy dru stanley isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon