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Love of freedom : black women in colonial and revolutionary New England / Catherine Adams and Elizabeth H. Pleck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Catherine, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved women--New England--History.
- Enslaved women.
- African American women--New England--History.
- African American women.
- African American women--New England--Social conditions.
- African American women--New England--Economic conditions.
- Slavery--New England--History.
- Slavery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (488 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i
- Contents:
- Introduction: Hagar Blackmore's journey from Angola to New England
- The uniqueness of New England
- Property and patriarchy
- Spiritual thirsting
- Marriage and the family
- Seeking possession of her liberty
- Spirit of freedom
- Citizenship
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-974178-6
- OCLC:
- 781613702
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