To 'joy my freedom
Southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War
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Author
Publication
1997 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1010898M
- ISBN-100674893093
- OCLC Control Number36024077
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_9780674893092
- Library of Congress Control Number96051473
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- Goodreads1075924
- LibraryThing6632988
Classifications
- DDC331.4/089/960730758231
- LCCHD6057.5.U52 G45 1997
Description
"Tera Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former master. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisure hours in dance halls and clubs. We learn of their militance and the way they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed and medically victimized. Finally, we see the despair and defeat provoked by Jim Crow laws and segregation and how they spurred large numbers of black laboring women to migrate north."--BOOK JACKET.
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