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To 'joy my freedom : southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War /
Tera Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former master. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[1997]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Tera Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former master. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisure hours in dance halls and clubs. We learn of their militance and the way they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed and medically victimized. Finally, we see the despair and defeat provoked by Jim Crow laws and segregation and how they spurred large numbers of black laboring women to migrate north. |
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| Notas: | First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 1998 |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 311 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674893093 9780674893092 0674893085 9780674893085 9780674264625 0674264622 |