Title: To 'Joy My Freedom
First published: 1997
Description: "Tera Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former master. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisure hours in dance halls and clubs. We learn of their militance and the way they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed and medically victimized. Finally, we see the despair and defeat provoked by Jim Crow laws and segregation and how they spurred large numbers of black laboring women to migrate north."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: African American women, History, Employment, African americans, southern states, African americans, georgia, atlanta, African americans, employment, Strikes and lockouts
Places: Atlanta, Georgia
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century
LC classification: HD6057.5.U52 G45 1997