Forging freedom : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers.
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TextSeries: Gender & American culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.Description: xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780807835050 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807835056 (cloth : alk. paper)
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- African American women -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 19th century
- Freedmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century
- Freedmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 1775-1865
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Library Company of Philadelphia Stacks | Ii 4 A5066.O | Available | First Floor Reading Room - African American History Reference Shelves | 278795 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom.
Gift of the author. LCP Fellow.