The Essence of Liberty
Subtitle: Free Black Women During the Slave Era
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: May 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780826216571
Subjects: Black studies; Slavery & emancipation; Social history; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - 19th Century; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Women's Studies - History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Women's Studies - General; African American women; Free African Americans; History; Social conditions
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.