TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adams,Catherine
AU  - Pleck,Elizabeth H.
TI  - Love of Freedom: Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England
SN  - 9780199741786
AV  - E443 .L684 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press, USA
KW  - Enslaved women
KW  - New England
KW  - History
KW  - African American women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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