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Love Of Freedom : Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England
By: Adams, Catherine (Author), Pleck, Elizabeth (Author).
Oxford University Press. Published: 25/02/2010. Audience Guide: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly, Professional & Vocational.
Paperback. Sourced from U.S.A.
They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage as a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for women than for women. Black men in colonial and revolutionary New England were struggling for freedom from slavery and for the right to patriarchal control of their own families. Women had more complicated desires, seeking protection and support in a male headed household while also wanting personal liberty. Eventually women who were former slaves began to fight for dignity and respect for womanhood and access to schooling for black children. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0195389085/9780195389081
TITLE: Love of Freedom
CONTRIBUTORS: Adams, Catherine (Author), Pleck, Elizabeth (Author)
IMPRINT: Oxford University Press Inc
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE: 25/02/2010
SUBJECT: History, Politics, Society, American, Slavery & Emancipation, Gender & Gay & Lesbian
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 235mm
PAGES: 320
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly, Professional & Vocational
ILLUSTRATIONS: 10 black and white halftone illustrations
CONTENTS: Introduction; 1. Stolen from Angola; 2. Conditions of Life; 3. Property and Patriarchy; 4. Spiritual Thirsting; 5. Going Abroad and Idling Her Time; 6. Possession of Her Liberty; 7. Land of Liberty
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