Forging freedom, black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston, Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
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Forging freedom, black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston, Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Forging freedom
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bibliography
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711043275
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Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
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Gender and American culture
Sub title
black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston
Table Of Contents
Introduction: imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts: Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way: black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive: race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship: property ownership and black female freedom -- A tale of two women: the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom: the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue: the continuing search for freedom
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- Charleston (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 1775-1865
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- African American women + South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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- Charleston (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 1775-1865
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- African American women + South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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