Illusions of Emancipation : The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery /

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"There are many controversies and chronic misconceptions surrounding the idea of emancipation in the nineteenth-century United States. Much recent scholarship has sought to address these misconceptions ... Reidy further enriches and complicates our understanding of emancipation in the context o...

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Main Author: Reidy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slaves > Emancipation.
Slavery.
African Americans > Social conditions.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Noirs americains > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
African Americans > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction. Phantoms of Freedom; Part I. Time; Chapter 1. Linear Chronology; Chapter 2. Recurring Seasons; Chapter 3. Revolutionary Time; Part II. Space; Chapter 4. Panoramas; Chapter 5. Confines; Chapter 6. Tremors and Whirlpools; Part III. Home; Chapter 7. Our Home and Country; Chapter 8. The Blessings of a Home; Chapter 9. The Home of the Brave; Epilogue. Illusions of Emancipation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

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