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Rethinking American emancipation : legacies of slavery and the quest for Black freedom / William A. Link, University of Florida, James J. Broomall, University of North Florida.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Link, William A., editor, author.
Broomall, James J.
Series:
Cambridge studies on the American South
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
Enslaved persons.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
History.
African Americans.
United States.
African Americans--History--19th century.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.
Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
Southern States.
Social conditions.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xvi, 275 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Contents:
Introduction / William A. Link and James J. Broomall
Part I. Claiming emancipation
A universe of flight / Yael Sternhell
Force, freedom, and the making of emancipation / Greg Downs
A tainted ballot: military interference in elections and the Thirteenth Amendment / William A. Blair
Part II. Contesting emancipation
One pillar of the social fabric may still stand firm: border south marriages in the emancipation era / Allison Fredette
Axes of empire: race, region, and the "greater reconstruction" of federal authority after emancipation / Carole Emberton
The fear of reenslavement: Black political mobilization in response to the waning of Reconstruction / Justin Behrend
Part III. Remembering emancipation
African Americans and the long emancipation in new south Atlanta / William A. Link
Washington, Toussaint, and Bolivar: the glorious advocates of liberty': Black internationalism and reimagining emancipation / Paul Ortiz
"Remembering the abolitionists and the meanings of freedom / John Stauffer
Epilogue: Emancipation and the nation / Laura Edwards.
ISBN:
9781107421349
1107421349
OCLC:
918940730

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