Seizing freedom : slave emancipation and liberty for all /
Roediger, David R.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: plotting Jubilee -- Turning a world upside down: the general strike of the slaves, Jubilee, and the making of a revolutionary Civil War -- Emancipation from whiteness: witnessing disability and Jubilee -- After the impossible: eight hours, Black labor, women's suffrage, and freedom for all -- Falling apart: the first Rainbow Coalition and the waning of revolutionary time -- Afterword: dreams deferred: social tragedies and hidden histories in the longer run.
African Americans
Slaves
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)