Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jones, Jacqueline, 1948-

Labor of love, labor of sorrow : black women, work and the family, from slavery to the present / Jacqueline Jones.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Labor of love, labor of sorrow. 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-0-465-02110-9

1. African American women—Employment—History. 2. African American women—History. 3. African American families—History. I. Title.

HD6057.5.U5J66 2009

305.48’896073—dc22

2009031903