Black Townsmen

A comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. It follows men and women as they struggle through history.

This is a comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. It follows men and women as they struggle through history.This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women illustrating how their choices and actions placed them at the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation.

Abstract
Introduction
Shaping Urban Space in Eighteenth-Century Minas Gerais and Maryland
The Slave Population in Baltimore and Sabara
The Urban Slave Labor Force
Manumission Practices and the Negotiation of Slave Labor
The Rise of the Free Urban Population and Labor Force of African Origin and Descent
Free Townspeople of African Origin and Descent
Conclusion.