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THE ESSENCE OF LIBERTY: FREE BLACK WOMEN DURING THE SLAVE By Wilma King *VG+*
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Like new condition. Looks like it has never been read.”
- Book Title
- The Essence of Liberty: Free Black Women During the Slave Era
- ISBN-10
- 0826216609
- Genre
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780826216601
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826216609
ISBN-13
9780826216601
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51077903
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
309 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Essence of Liberty : Free Black Women During the Slave Era
Subject
United States / 19th Century, General, Political Freedom, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-037309
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
" The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized....King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women."-- Victoria Bynum , author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South "A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources....This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject."-- Thomas H. Appleton Jr. , coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries "Its strength is its great variety of personal stories culled from primary sources."-- Choice, "A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources....This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject."-- Thomas H. Appleton Jr. , coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries, "A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources. . . . This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject." -Thomas H. Appleton Jr., coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries, " The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized. . . . King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women." -Victoria Bynum, author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South , "A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources. . . . This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject." --Thomas H. Appleton Jr., coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries, " The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized. . . . King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women." --Victoria Bynum, author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South , “ The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized. . . . King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women.� -Victoria Bynum, author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South, " The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized. . . . King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women." --Victoria Bynum, author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South "A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources. . . . This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject." --Thomas H. Appleton Jr., coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries, “A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources. . . . This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject.� -Thomas H. Appleton Jr., coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries, " The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized. . . . King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women." --Victoria Bynum, author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South "A marvelous piece of scholarship, richly informed by careful digging in often obscure and far-flung primary sources. . . . This book will immediately become the standard source on its subject." --Thomas H. Appleton Jr., coeditor of Searching for Their Places: Women in the South across Four Centuries , " The Essence of Liberty is well conceived and well organized....King has drawn together secondary scholarship and major original source materials to provide a comprehensive history of free black women."-- Victoria Bynum , author of Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.48/896073
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
ContentsList of Illustrations 00List of Tables 00Acknowledgments 00Introduction 11. "Full Liberty to go and live with whom & Where She may Chuse": Founts of Freedom 002. "This modest bending of the head": Gender Conventions, Expectations, and Misrepresentations 003. The Pursuit of Happiness: Work and Well-Being 004. "Knowledge is power": Educational and Cultural Achievements 005. "Whom do you serve, God or man?": Spiritualists and Reformers 006. "Female sympathy in the cause of freedom and humanity": Activists and Abolitionists 007. The Civil War and Emancipation: Freedom for All 00Notes 00Bibliography 00Index 00
Synopsis
Before 1865, slavery and freedom coexisted tenuously in America in an environment that made it possible not only for enslaved women to become free but also for emancipated women to suddenly lose their independence. Wilma King now examines a wide-ranging body of literature to show that, even in the face of economic deprivation and draconian legislation, many free black women were able to maintain some form of autonomy and lead meaningful lives. The Essence of Liberty blends social, political, and economic history to analyze black women's experience in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation. Focusing on class and familial relationships, King examines the myriad sources of freedom for black women to show the many factors that, along with time spent in slavery before emancipation, shaped the meaning of freedom. Her book also raises questions about whether free women were bound to or liberated from gender conventions of their day. Drawing on a wealth of untapped primary sources--not only legal documents and newspapers but also the diaries, letters, and autobiographical writings of free women--King opens a new window on the world of black women. She examines how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement. She considers the stance of southern free women toward their enslaved contemporaries and the interactions between previously free and newly freed women after slavery ended. She also looks closely at women's spirituality, disclosing the dilemma some women faced when they took a stand against men--even black men--in order to follow their spiritual callings. Throughout this engaging history, King underscores the pernicious constraints that racism placed on the lives of free blacks in spite of the fact that they were not enslaved. The Essence of Liberty shows the importance of studying these women on their own terms, revealing that the essence of freedom is more complex than the mere absence of shackles.
LC Classification Number
E185
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