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A hard fight for we : women's transition from slavery to freedom in South Carolina /
Focusing on slave women on the rice plantations of low-country South Carolina, Leslie Schwalm offers a thoroughly researched account of their vital roles in antebellum plantation life and in the wartime collapse of slavery, and their efforts as freedwomen to recover from the impact of war while rede...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Women in American history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Focusing on slave women on the rice plantations of low-country South Carolina, Leslie Schwalm offers a thoroughly researched account of their vital roles in antebellum plantation life and in the wartime collapse of slavery, and their efforts as freedwomen to recover from the impact of war while redefining life and labor in the postbellum period. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-382) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252054686 0252054687 |