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Rethinking American Emancipation : Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom
Title
Rethinking American Emancipation : Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black Freedom / edited by William A. Link, University of Florida, James J. Broomall, Shepherd University.
ISBN
9781107421349 (pbk)
1107421349 (pbk)
9781107073036 (hbk)
1107073030 (hbk)
Publication
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Physical Description
xvi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 10, 2016
Series
Cambridge studies on the American South.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / William A. Link and James J. Broomall
Part I. Claiming emancipation
A universe of flight / Yael Sternhell
Force, freedom, and the making of emancipation / Greg Downs
A tainted ballot: military interference in elections and the Thirteenth Amendment / William A. Blair
Part II. Contesting emancipation
One pillar of the social fabric may still stand firm: border south marriages in the emancipation era / Allison Fredette
Axes of empire: race, region, and the "greater reconstruction" of federal authority after emancipation / Carole Emberton
The fear of reenslavement: Black political mobilization in response to the waning of Reconstruction / Justin Behrend
Part III. Remembering emancipation
African Americans and the long emancipation in new south Atlanta / William A. Link
Washington, Toussaint, and Bolivar: the glorious advocates of liberty': Black internationalism and reimagining emancipation / Paul Ortiz
"Remembering the abolitionists and the meanings of freedom / John Stauffer
Epilogue: Emancipation and the nation / Laura Edwards.
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