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Claiming Freedom Race, Kinship, and Land in Nineteenth-Century Georgia / Karen Cook Bell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, Karen Cook, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rice trade--Georgia--History.
- Rice trade.
- African Americans--Race identity--Georgia.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Georgia--History--19th century.
- Land tenure--Georgia--History--19th century.
- Land tenure.
- African Americans--Georgia--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Georgia--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Georgia.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- An exploration of the political and social experiences of African Americans in transition from enslaved to citizen.
- Contents:
- Cover
- CLAIMING FREEDOM
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION Claiming Freedom in the Lowcountry
- 1 THE SLAVE'S DREAM
- 2 WAR AND FREEDOM
- 3 "FULL AND FAIR COMPENSATION"
- 4 THE STATE OF FREEDOM IS THE STATE OF SELF-RELIANCE
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781611178319
- 1611178312
- OCLC:
- 974912909
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