SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

by Daina Ramey Berry

Beacon. Jan. 2017. 256p. ISBN 9780807047620. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9780807047637. HIST

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This first study of its kind follows an enslaved person's life through the lens of their monetary value, from University of Texas at Austin history professor Berry. (LJ 10/15/16)

Reviewed by Molly McArdle , Jan 01, 2017

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