Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-
Imprint:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.
Description:	xxi, 284 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Slaves -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century. Slaves -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century. Slavery -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century. Slavery -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century. African Americans -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century. African Americans -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century. African Americans. Race relations. Slavery. Slaves -- Emancipation. Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865. Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century. Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. Virginia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6167558

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ISBN:	0807131946 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807131947
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. "Are we willing to grant this liberty to all men?" : ambivalence in the revolutionary era
2. "The liberty of emancipating their slaves" : the practice of manumission, 1782-1806
3. "Deep-rooted prejudices" : race and the problem of emancipation, 1782-1806
4. "White negroes" and "inchoate freedom" : life after manumission
5. A "contest for power" : slavery and emancipation become political issues in the 1820s
6. The "most momentous subject of public interest" : the public debate over slavery and emancipation, 1831-1832
Epilogue : Virginia and the nation
App. A. Religion of manumitters in deeds of manumission whose religious affiliation could be identified
App. B. Petitions regarding slavery, emancipation, and colonization sent to the house of delegates in 1831-1832.

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