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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790175803321

Autore

Adams Catherine <1966->

Titolo

Love of freedom : black women in colonial and revolutionary New England / / Catherine Adams and Elizabeth H. Pleck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-19-974178-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PleckElizabeth H <1945-> (Elizabeth Hafkin)

Disciplina

306.3/62082

Soggetti

Enslaved women - New England - History

African American women - New England - History

African American women - New England - Social conditions

African American women - New England - Economic conditions

Slavery - New England - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Hagar Blackmore's journey from Angola to New England -- The uniqueness of New England -- Property and patriarchy -- Spiritual thirsting -- Marriage and the family -- Seeking possession of her liberty -- Spirit of freedom -- Citizenship -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

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