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Author Bell, Karen Cook, author.

Title Claiming freedom : race, kinship, and land in nineteenth-century Georgia / Karen Cook Bell.

Publication Info. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 161 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; CLAIMING FREEDOM; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Claiming Freedom in the Lowcountry; 1 THE SLAVEâ#x80;#x99;S DREAM; 2 WAR AND FREEDOM; 3 â#x80;#x9C;FULL AND FAIR COMPENSATIONâ#x80;#x9D;; 4 THE STATE OF FREEDOM IS THE STATE OF SELF-RELIANCE; CONCLUSION; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary An exploration of the political and social experiences of African Americans in transition from slave to citizen.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Georgia.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Georgia.
African Americans -- Georgia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
African Americans.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Land tenure -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
Land tenure.
History.
African Americans -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Race identity -- Georgia.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Rice trade -- Georgia -- History.
Rice trade.
Georgia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Bell, Karen Cook. Claiming freedom. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018] 9781611178302 (DLC) 2017008059
ISBN 9781611178319 (electronic book)
1611178312 (electronic book)
9781611178302 (hardcover)