The essence of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : free black women during the slave era / / Wilma King
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| Autore: |
King Wilma <1942->
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| Titolo: |
The essence of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : free black women during the slave era / / Wilma King
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8262-6527-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777609103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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