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The essence of liberty [electronic resource] : free black women during the slave era / Wilma King.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.Description: xvi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780826265272 (electronic bk.)
  • 0826265278 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.48/896073 22
LOC classification:
  • E185.18 .K56 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
"Full liberty to go and live with whom & Where She may Chuse" : founts of freedom -- "This modest bending of the head" : gender conventions, expectations, and misrepresentations -- The pursuit of happiness : work and well-being -- "Knowledge is power" : educational and cultural achievements -- "Whom do you serve, God or man?" : spiritualists and reformers -- "Female sympathy in the cause of freedom and humanity" : activists and abolitionists -- The Civil War and Emancipation : freedom for all.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Full liberty to go and live with whom & Where She may Chuse" : founts of freedom -- "This modest bending of the head" : gender conventions, expectations, and misrepresentations -- The pursuit of happiness : work and well-being -- "Knowledge is power" : educational and cultural achievements -- "Whom do you serve, God or man?" : spiritualists and reformers -- "Female sympathy in the cause of freedom and humanity" : activists and abolitionists -- The Civil War and Emancipation : freedom for all.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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