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Festivals of freedom : memory and meaning in African American emancipation celebrations, 1808-1915

Author: Mitchell A Kachun
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Kachun, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alan)
Festivals of freedom.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2003
(OCoLC)606990936
Online version:
Kachun, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alan)
Festivals of freedom.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2003
(OCoLC)631542467
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mitchell A Kachun
ISBN: 1558494073 9781558494077
OCLC Number: 51647832
Description: xi, 339 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: "A day of publick thanksgiving" : foundations, 1808-1834 --
"A borrowed day of jubilee" : maturation, 1834-1862 --
"An American celebration" : expansion and fragmentation, 1862-1870s --
"Let children's children never forget" : remembrance and amnesia, 1870s-1910s --
"Lessons of emancipation for a new generation" : reorientation, 1860s-1900s --
"A great occasion for display" : contestation in Washington, D.C., 1860s-1900s --
"The faith that the dark past has taught us" : dissolution, 1900-1920.
Responsibility: Mitch Kachun.

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