First Freed
Subtitle: Washington, D.C., in the Emancipation Era
Publisher: Howard University Press
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780882582078
Subjects: History - General History; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Congresses; Washington (D.C.); Social Science; Slaves; History; United States - State & Local - General; Civil rights; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; 19th century; African Americans; Emancipation
First sentence: FOUR HUNDRED years ago, whites used their beliefs that blacks were inferior and less than human to justify their "right" to enslave them.