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

By:

King, Wilma, 1942-

Contributor(s):

ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.Description: xvi, 290 p. : illSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

305.48/896073 22

LOC classification:

E185.18 .K56 2006

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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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Ebook	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online	eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.