| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
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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Liberty -- History.
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Liberty. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: King, Wilma, 1942- Essence of liberty. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005037309 |
| ISBN |
9780826265272 (electronic book) |
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0826265278 (electronic book) |
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9780826216571 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780826216601 (papberback ; alkaline paper) |
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0826216579 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0826216609 (papberback ; alkaline paper) |
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