Love of Freedom :: Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England.

They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipa...

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1. Verfasser: Adams, Catherine, 1966-
Weitere Verfasser: Pleck, Elizabeth H.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2009.
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Zusammenfassung:They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (488 pages)
ISBN:9780199741786
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