Forging Freedom: Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston

Contributor(s): Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti (Author)

ISBN: 9781469619040

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$39.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

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$39.95

Pub Date: August 1, 2014

Dewey: 305.48896073

LCCN: 2011015961

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 9.10" L x 6.10" W ( 0.88 lbs) 288 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Gender and American Culture

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Forging Freedom: Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston

Brief description: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers is associate professor of history at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Review Quotes: "Myers's compelling study makes a significant contribution to this literature, drawing much-needed attention to the significance of the urban environment in shaping ideas of freedom in the pre-Civil War South and to the particularity of women's experiences."--Journal of Southern History

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