Forging freedom: black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum charleston
Auteur :
Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9781469619040
Date de publication :
1 août 2014
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,4 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
418 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For black women in antebellum Charleston, freedom was not a static legal category but a fragile and contingent experience. In this deeply researched social history, Amrita Chakrabarti Myers analyzes the ways in which black women in Charleston acquired, defined, and defended their own vision of freedom.