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1 online resource (488 pages) |
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Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction: Hagar Blackmore's Journey from Angola to New England; 1. The Uniqueness of New England; 2. Property and Patriarchy; 3. Spiritual Thirsting; 4. Marriage and The Family; 5. Seeking Possession of Her Liberty; 6. Spirit of Freedom; 7. Citizenship; Epilogue; Notes; Index. |
Summary |
They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Enslaved women -- New England -- History.
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Enslaved women. |
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New England. |
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History. |
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African American women -- New England -- History.
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African American women. |
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African American women -- New England -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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African American women -- New England -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Slavery -- New England -- History.
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Slavery. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Pleck, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Hafkin), 1945-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Adams, Catherine. Love of Freedom : Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England. Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, ©2009 9780195389081 |
ISBN |
9780199741786 (electronic book) |
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0199741786 (electronic book) |
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