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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.
- Format:
- Book
- 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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- Publisher description
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