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At the Threshold of Liberty - Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. (Paperback) Loot Price: R890
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At the Threshold of Liberty - Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. (Paperback): Tamika Y. Nunley

At the Threshold of Liberty - Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. (Paperback)

Tamika Y. Nunley

Series: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture

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The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., was both an entrepot of urban slavery and the target of abolitionist ferment. The growing slave trade and the enactment of Black codes placed the city's Black women within the rigid confines of a social hierarchy ordered by race and gender. At the Threshold of Liberty reveals how these women--enslaved, fugitive, and free--imagined new identities and lives beyond the oppressive restrictions intended to prevent them from ever experiencing liberty, self-respect, and power. Consulting newspapers, government documents, letters, abolitionist records, legislation, and memoirs, Tamika Y. Nunley traces how Black women navigated social and legal proscriptions to develop their own ideas about liberty as they escaped from slavery, initiated freedom suits, created entrepreneurial economies, pursued education, and participated in political work. In telling these stories, Nunley places Black women at the vanguard of the history of Washington, D.C., and the momentous transformations of nineteenth-century America.

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Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Release date: February 2021
Authors: Tamika Y. Nunley
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-6222-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > American history > General
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LSN: 1-4696-6222-1
Barcode: 9781469662220

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