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Love of Freedom : Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, (c)2009.Description: 1 online resource (488 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199741786
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E443 .L684 2009
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Subject: They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction E443.33 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn781613702

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction: Hagar Blackmore's Journey from Angola to New England; 1. The Uniqueness of New England; 2. Property and Patriarchy; 3. Spiritual Thirsting; 4. Marriage and The Family; 5. Seeking Possession of Her Liberty; 6. Spirit of Freedom; 7. Citizenship; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i.

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