Becoming Free in the Cotton South /

This book challenges our most basic ideas about slavery and freedom in America. Instead of seeing emancipation as the beginning or the ending of the story, as most histories do, O'Donovan explores the perilous transition between these two conditions, offering a unique vision of both the enormou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Donovan, Susan Eva (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Cotton growing > Social aspects > History > 19th century > Georgia.
Cotton growing > Social aspects > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Freedmen > History > 19th century > Georgia.
Freedmen > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Plantation life > History > 19th century > Georgia.
Plantation life > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Social aspects > History > 19th century > Georgia.
Slavery > Social aspects > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States.
Slaves > Social conditions > 19th century > Georgia.
Slaves > Georgia > Social conditions > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book challenges our most basic ideas about slavery and freedom in America. Instead of seeing emancipation as the beginning or the ending of the story, as most histories do, O'Donovan explores the perilous transition between these two conditions, offering a unique vision of both the enormous changes and the profound continuities in black life before and after the Civil War.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (384 p.)
ISBN:9780674041608
9783110756067
9783110442205
Acceso:restricted access

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