| Description |
382 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
t was a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap into another. To pass as white in the antebellum South was to escape the shackles of slavery. When the initially hopeful period of Reconstruction proved short-lived, passing became an opportunity to defy Jim Crow and strike out on one's own. Hobbs explores the possibilities and challenges that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. It is also a tale of grief, loneliness, and isolation that often accompanied the rewards. |
| Contents |
Prologue: To live a life elsewhere -- White is the color of freedom -- Waiting on a white man's chance -- Lost kin -- Searching for a new soul in Harlem -- Coming home -- Epilogue: On identity. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Race identity -- History.
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African Americans -- Race identity. |
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History. |
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Passing (Identity) -- United States -- History.
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Passing (Identity) |
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United States. |
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Racially mixed people -- United States -- History.
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Racially mixed people. |
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Exiles -- United States -- History.
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Exiles. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Race relations. |
| ISBN |
9780674368101 (hardback) |
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067436810X (hardback) |
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