Freedom has a face race, identity, and community in Jefferson's Virginia /

Von Daacke, Kirt, 1968-

Freedom has a face race, identity, and community in Jefferson's Virginia / Kirt von Daacke. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : map. - Carter G. Woodson Institute series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The right hand men of the revolution : Albemarle's free black war veterans -- Children of the revolution : post-war free black families, property, and community -- Good blacks and useful men : reputation and free black mobility -- "I'll show you what a free Negro is" : black-on-white violence in Albemarle -- Bawdy houses and women of ill fame : free black women, prostitution, and family -- An easy morality : community knowledge of interracial sex.



9780813933108


Free African Americans--History--Virginia--Albemarle County--19th century.
Free African Americans--Social conditions--Virginia--Albemarle County--19th century.


Electronic Books.

F232 / .F744 2012