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Love of Freedom : Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England.

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 emancipa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Catherine, 1966-
Otros Autores: Pleck, Elizabeth H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (488 pages)
ISBN:9780199741786
0199741786