Illusions of emancipation : the pursuit of freedom and equality in the twilight of slavery /

Illusions of emancipation : the pursuit of freedom and equality in the twilight of slavery / Joseph P. Reidy.

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"There are many controversies and chronic misconceptions surrounding the idea of emancipation in the nineteenth-century United States. Much recent scholarship has sought to address these misconceptions ... Reidy further enriches and complicates our understanding of emancipation in the context o...

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Main Author: Reidy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction. Phantoms of Freedom; Part I. Time; Chapter 1. Linear Chronology; Chapter 2. Recurring Seasons; Chapter 3. Revolutionary Time; Part II. Space; Chapter 4. Panoramas; Chapter 5. Confines; Chapter 6. Tremors and Whirlpools; Part III. Home; Chapter 7. Our Home and Country; Chapter 8. The Blessings of a Home; Chapter 9. The Home of the Brave; Epilogue. Illusions of Emancipation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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