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Free Download T. Stephen Whitman, "The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland"
English | 1997 | ISBN: 0813120047, 0813155541 | PDF | pages: 253 | 23.1 mb
The Price of Freedom carefully examines how urban slavery, long neglected by historians, became an important step in the path from bonded to free labour. The author argues that the creation of "term slavery" and the increase in manumission in Baltimore during the post-revolutionary era should be attributed to economic self-interest rather than humanitarian impulses founded in republican ideology or religion. Using the leverage of flight, the author shows how skilled slaves wielded considerable power in negotiating the terms of their labour. This meticulous study sheds new light on free and unfree labour during the early national period.

Free Download Madison Smartt Bell, "Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0307342069 | EPUB | pages: 240 | 0.4 mb
With a writer’s keen eye, a longtime resident’s familiarity, and his own sly wit, acclaimed novelist Madison Smartt Bell leads us on a walk through his adopted hometown of Baltimore, a city where crab cakes, Edgar Allan Poe, hair extensions, and John Waters movies somehow coexist. From its founding before the Revolutionary War to its place in popular culture-thanks to seminal films like Barry Levinson’s Diner, the television show Homicide, and bestselling books by George Pelecanos and Laura Lippman-Baltimore is America, and in Charm City, Bell brings its story to vivid life.

Free Download Rob Kasper, Boog Powell, Jim Burger, "Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell: Stories from the Orioles’ Smokey Slugger"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1626195781, 1540210693 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 3.4 mb
Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog’s Baltimore row house were once a post-game tradition for the team. After hanging up his spikes, the former MVP set up his now iconic barbecue operation at Camden Yards. Baltimore author Rob Kasper takes a behind-the-scenes look at the life of this smoky slugger from his Florida boyhood through his rise to major-league glory and beyond. Told in Boog’s colorful style, this rollicking journey is spiced with recipes and topped off with interviews from former teammates like Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and Jim Palmer.