First freed : Washington, D.C. in the emancipation era / edited by Elizabeth Clark-Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark-Lewis, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Washington (D.C.).

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

African Americans.

History.

Slavery.

Washington (D.C.).

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--British colonies.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--French colonies.

Slavery--Washington (D.C.)--History.

African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Edited by the award-winning author of Living In, Living Out: African American Domestics and the Great Migration and co-producer of the widely acclaimed public television documentary, "Freedom Bags," FIRST FREED is a unique study of the District of Columbia's emancipation legacy. Drawn from the proceedings of a community-based conference held in Washington, D.C., its chapters document, from local archives and other primary sources, the course of freedom for blacks in the District -- where slavery was abolished before emancipation occurred in the rest of the nation. FIRST FREED sheds new light on the history of the nation's capital, more fully illuminating the experiences and activism of its early African American residents.

Contents:

Introduction / Elizabeth Clark-Lewis

Freedom without equality : emancipation in the United States, 1861-1863 / Regina T. Akers

Their chains shall fall off : the activism of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church / Ida E. Jones

Henceforth and forever free : the African American press and emancipation in the District of Columbia / Richlyn F. Goddard

A brief moment in the sun : the aftermath of emancipation in Washington, D.C., 1862-1869 / David Taft Terry

From emancipation to citizenship : blacks in Washington, D.C., 1862-1887 / Paul Phillips Cooke

Stepping toward freedom : an historical analysis of the District of Columbia emancipation day parades, 1866-1900 / Craig A. Schiffert

Emancipation in the African Diaspora / Carol A. Beane.

Notes:

Originally published 1998 by A.P. Foundation Press.

"The essays in this volume ... stem from a conference held in the nation's capital during the spring of 1992, which attracted some twenty-two scholars from the United States and abroad."--P. xiv.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0882582070

OCLC:

50769203