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To 'joy my freedom

Southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War

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An edition of To 'Joy My Freedom (1997)

To 'joy my freedom

Southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 75 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

"Tera Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former master. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisure hours in dance halls and clubs. We learn of their militance and the way they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed and medically victimized. Finally, we see the despair and defeat provoked by Jim Crow laws and segregation and how they spurred large numbers of black laboring women to migrate north."--BOOK JACKET.

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Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
311

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Subjects

African American women, History, Employment, African americans, southern states, African americans, georgia, atlanta, African americans, employment, Strikes and lockouts

Places

Atlanta, Georgia

Times

20th century, 19th century

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To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
1998, Harvard University Press
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To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
September 15, 1998, Harvard University Press
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Cover of: To 'joy my freedom
To 'joy my freedom: Southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War
1997, Harvard University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-295) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
331.4/089/960730758231
Library of Congress
HD6057.5.U52 G45 1997, HD6057.5.U52G45 1997

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Pagination
ix, 311 p. :
Number of pages
311

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OL1010898M
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isbn_9780674893092
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0674893093
LCCN
96051473
OCLC/WorldCat
36024077
Library Thing
6632988
Goodreads
1075924

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