First fruits of freedom : the migration of former slaves and their search for equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900 / / Janette Thomas Greenwood
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| Autore: |
Greenwood Janette Thomas
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| Titolo: |
First fruits of freedom : the migration of former slaves and their search for equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900 / / Janette Thomas Greenwood
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.896/07307443 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Massachusetts - Worcester - History - 19th century |
| African Americans - Massachusetts - Worcester - Social conditions - 19th century | |
| Freedmen - Massachusetts - Worcester - History - 19th century | |
| African Americans - Migrations - History - 19th century | |
| Migration, Internal - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
| Worcester (Mass.) Social conditions 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Guns of War; 2 The Prettiest Blue Mens I Had Ever Seed; 3 These Are the Children of This Revolution, the Promising First Fruits of the War; 4 A New Promise of Freedom and Dignity; 5 A Community within a Community; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A moving narrative that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of African American men, women, and children on the cusp of freedom, First Fruits of Freedom chronicles one of the first collective migrations of blacks from the South to the North during and after the Civil War. Janette Thomas Greenwood relates the history of a network forged between Worcester County, Massachusetts, and eastern North Carolina as a result of Worcester regiments taking control of northeastern North Carolina during the war. White soldiers from Worcester, a hotbed of abolitionism, protected refugee slaves |
| Titolo autorizzato: | First fruits of freedom |
| ISBN: | 1-4696-0427-2 |
| 0-8078-9578-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818516603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.