Seizing freedom
Subtitle: slave emancipation and liberty for all
By: David Roediger
Edition: First paperback edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781784780258
Subjects: Race relations; Slaves; Emancipation; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African Americans; History
Description: How did America recover after its years of civil war? How did freed men and women, former slaves, respond to their newly won freedom? David Roediger's radical new history redefines the idea of freedom after the jubilee, using fresh sources and texts to build on the leading historical accounts of Emancipation and Reconstruction. Reinstating ex-slaves' own "freedom dreams" in constructing these histories, Roediger creates a masterful account of the emancipation and its ramifications on a whole host of day-to-day concerns for Whites and Blacks alike, such as property relations, gender roles, and labor.
Notes: Originally published: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: plotting Jubilee; title: Turning a world upside down: the general strike of the slaves, Jubilee, and the making of a revolutionary Civil War; title: Emancipation from whiteness: witnessing disability and Jubilee; title: After the impossible: eight hours, Black labor, women's suffrage, and freedom for all; title: Falling apart: the first Rainbow Coalition and the waning of revolutionary time; title: Afterword: dreams deferred: social tragedies and hidden histories in the longer run.