No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

Name: No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
Brand: Basic Books
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By Jacqueline Jones

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"Before, during, and after the US Civil War, Boston's Black workers were barred from the skilled trades, factory work, and public-works projects. In Boston, as in cities across the North, white abolitionists focused virtually all their energies on the plight of enslaved Black Southerners, while refusing to address the challenges faced by their Black neighbors. The author presents inspiring and heart-wrenching stories of people-from day laborers and domestics to physicians and lawyers-who ingeniously forged careers in the face of monumental obstacles"--

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 544
Release Date:: 2025-01-07
Publication Date:: 2025-01-07
Publisher:: Basic Books
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1541607023
ISBN13:: 9781541607026
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 478 g
Height:: 139 cm
Width:: 209 cm
Thickness:: 37 cm

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