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1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) : illustrations |
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"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 |
| 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 |
| Notes |
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 |
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Free African Americans -- History
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African American women -- History
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Free African Americans -- Social conditions
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African American women -- Social conditions
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Free African Americans -- Intellectual life
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African American women -- Intellectual life
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Liberty -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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African American women
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African American women -- Intellectual life
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African American women -- Social conditions
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Free African Americans
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Free African Americans -- Social conditions
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Liberty
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Race relations
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Schwarze Frau
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Freiheit
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Soziale Situation
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005037309 |
| ISBN |
9780826265272 |
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0826265278 |
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0826216579 |
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9780826216571 |
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0826216609 |
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9780826216601 |
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