Jones, Jacqueline

Presents a history of Savannah, Georgia, focusing on events that transpired before, during, and after the Civil War. Draws on military records, diaries, letters, newspapers, and memoirs to recount the stories of individual men and women ranging from bankers and dockworkers to enslaved laborers and field hands.

Describes the struggle of black women as women and workers in the larger political and social context.

Describes the struggle of black women as women and workers in the larger political and social context.

Describes the jobs performed by African-Americans from slavery through the 1990s, discussing how the labor system has assigned certain groups to certain kinds of jobs, and how this system has created racism that remains the moral burden of America's history.