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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti. Forging freedom. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011015961 (OCoLC)711043275 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers |
ISBN: | 9780807869093 0807869090 9781469602592 1469602598 |
OCLC Number: | 767952992 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction: imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts: Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way: Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive: race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship: property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women: the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom: the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue: the continuing search for freedom. |
Series Title: | Gender & American culture. |
Responsibility: | Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. |
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What is so remarkable about this volume is Myer's attention to detail in uncovering these forgotten women's often astonishing stories and putting them in the context of the shifting laws and politics of the antebellum period. . . . This is definitely ground-breaking scholarship."--The South Carolina Historical Magazine|"A carefully argued work that makes an invaluable contribution to the larger historiography of African American women. . . . Any academic, student, local or regional scholar interested in Urban America, Women's History, Antebellum South, and African American history will find value in this study."--Southern Historian|"Myers's compelling study makes a significant contribution to this literature, drawing much-needed attention to the significance of the urban environment in shaping ideas of freedom in the pre-Civil War South and to the particularity of women's experiences."--Journal of Southern History|"Carefully researched and lucidly written."--Journal of American History|"Myers' richly-documented Forging Freedom provides a vivid portrait of [freedwomen's] lives."--Civil War Book Review|"An important contribution to the growing scholarly canon on the long-silenced voices of black women, both enslaved and free. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."--Choice Read more...


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