Institutional Slavery

Slaveholding Churches, Schools, Colleges, and Businesses in Virginia, 1680–1860

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ID23433864
AuthorsJennifer Oast (Bloomsburg University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Publication date2016-01-05
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueInstitutional Slavery (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316225486
OpenAlexW4243506341
ISBN9781316225486
Open LibraryOL34741732M
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The traditional image of slavery begins with a master and a slave. However, not all slaves had traditional masters; some were owned instead by institutions, such as church congregations, schools, colleges, and businesses. This practice was pervasive in early Virginia; its educational, religious, and philanthropic institutions were literally built on the backs of slaves. Virginia's first industrial economy was also developed with the skilled labor of African American slaves. This book focuses on institutional slavery in Virginia as it was practiced by the Anglican and Presbyterian churches, free schools, and four universities: the College of William and Mary, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Virginia, and Hollins College. It also examines the use of slave labor by businesses and the Commonwealth of Virginia in industrial endeavors. This is not only an account of how institutions used slavery to further their missions, but also of the slaves who belonged to institutions.

Commonwealth · Economic history · Economics · Management · Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · Public Administration · Slaveholders · Slavery · united states

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