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The essence of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : free black women during the slave era / / Wilma King



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Autore: King Wilma <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The essence of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : free black women during the slave era / / Wilma King Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: xvi, 290 p. : ill
Disciplina: 305.48/896073
Soggetto topico: Free African Americans - History
African American women - History
Free African Americans - Social conditions
African American women - Social conditions
Free African Americans - Intellectual life
African American women - Intellectual life
Liberty - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: The essence of liberty  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8262-6527-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777609103321
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