A fragile freedom : African American women and emancipation in the antebellum city / Erica Armstrong Dunbar.
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TextSeries: Society and the sexes in the modern worldPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.Description: xvi, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780300125917 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0300125917 (cloth : alk. paper)
- African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
- Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Library Company of Philadelphia | Ref Ii 4 A4065.O | Available | 255912 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.
Slavery and the "holy experiment" -- Maneuvering manumission in Philadelphia : African American women and indentured servitude -- Creating Black Philadelphia : African American women and their neighborhoods -- Voices from the margins : the Philadelphia female anti-slavery society, 1833-1840 -- Writing for womanhood : African American women and print culture -- A mental and moral feast : reading, writing, and sentimentality in Black Philadelphia.
Gift of the author. LCP Fellow.