| Description |
xvi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Full liberty to go and live with whom & Where She may Chuse" : founts of freedom -- "This modest bending of the head" : gender conventions, expectations, and misrepresentations -- The pursuit of happiness : work and well-being -- "Knowledge is power" : educational and cultural achievements -- "Whom do you serve, God or man?" : spiritualists and reformers -- "Female sympathy in the cause of freedom and humanity" : activists and abolitionists -- The Civil War and Emancipation : freedom for all. |
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Free African Americans -- History.
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Free African Americans. |
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History. |
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African American women -- History.
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African American women. |
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Free African Americans -- Social conditions.
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Free African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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African American women -- Social conditions.
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African American women -- Social conditions. |
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Free African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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African American women -- Intellectual life.
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African American women -- Intellectual life. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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Liberty -- History.
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Liberty. |
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Noirs américains affranchis -- Histoire. |
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Noires américaines -- Histoire. |
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Noirs américains affranchis -- Conditions sociales. |
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Noires américaines -- Conditions sociales. |
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Noirs américains affranchis -- Vie intellectuelle. |
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Noires américaines -- Vie intellectuelle. |
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Liberté -- Histoire. |
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États-Unis -- Relations raciales. |
| ISBN |
0826216579 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780826216571 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0826216609 papberback alkaline paper |
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9780826216601 papberback alkaline paper |
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