The essence of liberty: free black women during the slave era

"King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even parti...

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Main Author: King, Wilma (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia [u.a.] Univ. of Missouri Press 2006
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:XVI, 290 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780826216601
9780826216571

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