Forging freedom [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers |
Autore | Myers Amrita Chakrabarti |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.48/8960730757915 |
Collana | Gender and American culture |
Soggetto topico |
African American women - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century
African American women - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions - 19th century Freedmen - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century Freedmen - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4696-0259-8
0-8078-6909-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457450403321 |
Myers Amrita Chakrabarti
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 | ||
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Forging freedom [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers |
Autore | Myers Amrita Chakrabarti |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.48/8960730757915 |
Collana | Gender and American culture |
Soggetto topico |
African American women - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century
African American women - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions - 19th century Freed persons - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century Freed persons - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions - 19th century |
ISBN |
979-88-908828-2-0
1-4696-0259-8 0-8078-6909-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781303903321 |
Myers Amrita Chakrabarti
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forging freedom : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers |
Autore | Myers Amrita Chakrabarti |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina |
305.48/8960730757915
305.488960730757915 |
Collana | Gender and American culture |
Soggetto topico |
African American women - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century
African American women - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions - 19th century Freed persons - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century Freed persons - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions - 19th century |
ISBN |
979-88-908828-2-0
1-4696-0259-8 0-8078-6909-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822455703321 |
Myers Amrita Chakrabarti
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011 | ||
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Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / / Michael D. Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Michael D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.7/6138710975791509034 |
Soggetto topico |
Stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century
African American stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century Labor - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61117-857-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. "Using violent exercise in warm weather": The Waterfront Labor Experience and Environment; Two. "This very troublesome business": Actions, Reactions, and the Pursuit of Mastery; Three. "Improper assemblies & conspiracies": The Advantageous Enticements of Wharf Labor; Four. "Laborers from abroad have come to take their places": The Racial and Ethnic Transformation of the Waterfront Workforce
Five. "The unacclimated stranger should be positively prohibited": Comparative Disease Susceptibility and Waterfront Labor CompetitionPostscript; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463408703321 |
Thompson Michael D.
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 | ||
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Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / / Michael D. Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Michael D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.7/6138710975791509034 |
Soggetto topico |
Stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century
African American stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century Labor - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-61117-857-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. "Using violent exercise in warm weather": The Waterfront Labor Experience and Environment; Two. "This very troublesome business": Actions, Reactions, and the Pursuit of Mastery; Three. "Improper assemblies & conspiracies": The Advantageous Enticements of Wharf Labor; Four. "Laborers from abroad have come to take their places": The Racial and Ethnic Transformation of the Waterfront Workforce
Five. "The unacclimated stranger should be positively prohibited": Comparative Disease Susceptibility and Waterfront Labor CompetitionPostscript; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788019903321 |
Thompson Michael D.
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Working on the dock of the bay : labor and enterprise in an antebellum Southern port / / Michael D. Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Michael D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.7/6138710975791509034 |
Soggetto topico |
Stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century
African American stevedores - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century Labor - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-61117-857-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. "Using violent exercise in warm weather": The Waterfront Labor Experience and Environment; Two. "This very troublesome business": Actions, Reactions, and the Pursuit of Mastery; Three. "Improper assemblies & conspiracies": The Advantageous Enticements of Wharf Labor; Four. "Laborers from abroad have come to take their places": The Racial and Ethnic Transformation of the Waterfront Workforce
Five. "The unacclimated stranger should be positively prohibited": Comparative Disease Susceptibility and Waterfront Labor CompetitionPostscript; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821320003321 |
Thompson Michael D.
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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