The essence of liberty : free black women during the slave era /

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Author / Creator:	King, Wilma, 1942-
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Free African Americans -- History. African American women -- History. Free African Americans -- Social conditions. African American women -- Social conditions. Free African Americans -- Intellectual life. African American women -- Intellectual life. Liberty -- History. African American women. African American women -- Intellectual life. African American women -- Social conditions. Free African Americans. Free African Americans -- Social conditions. Liberty. Race relations. United States -- Race relations. United States. History. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161561

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ISBN:	9780826265272 0826265278 0826216579 9780826216571 0826216609 9780826216601 9780826216571 9780826216601 0826216579 0826216609
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: King, Wilma, 1942- Essence of liberty. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006
Standard no.:	9780826216571 9780826216601

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