Author

Publication

2006-05-26 - University of Missouri Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,500 words, Guess

Page Count

290 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005037309
  • LibraryThing3861810

Classifications

  • LCCE185.18 .K56 2006

Description

"King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.

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