Speaker: Justene Hill Edwards, Assistant Professor, Corcoran Department of History, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia

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Justene Hill Edwards, Assistant Professor, Corcoran Department of History, in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia, talks about her book Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina. Listen in as we explore the economic lives of enslaved people, not as property or bonded laborers, but as active participants in their local economies. Unfree Markets illuminates the inner workings of the slaves’ economy and the strategies that enslaved people used to participate in the market.

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Justene Hill Edwards, Assistant Professor, Corcoran Department of History, in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. Hill Edwards is a scholar of African American history, specializing in the history of slavery in the United States. Her book, Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina, explores the economic lives of enslaved people, not as property or bonded laborers, but as active participants in their local economies.

The Economic Lives of Enslaved People

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The Economic Lives of Enslaved People

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