Description: With these essays, historians contend that emancipation was not something that simply happened to enslaved peoples but rather something in which they actively participated. Their examination uncovers the various techniques employed by people of African descent across the Atlantic World, allowing a broader picture of their paths to freedom.
Brief description: WHITNEY NELL STEWART is an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Review Quotes: Race and Nation is an . . . important contribution to the study of the Atlantic World. All of the articles are rich and careful with their historiographical placement and do a fine job in placing localities and individuals within broader contexts in an effort to better understand the fluidity of national belonging and citizenship during the nineteenth century.--Leroy Myers Jr. "The Journal of African American History"