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Beyond Slavery
Cooper, Frederick; Holt, Thomas C.; Scott, Rebecca J.
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Description for Beyond Slavery
Paperback. This study explores the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. It covers areas such as Jamaica, Louisiana, Cuba, and French West Africa. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KBB; 1KJC; 1KJWJ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography--the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. Their contributions take us beyond the familiar portrait of emancipation as the end of an evil system to consider the questions and the struggles that emerged in freedom's wake. Thomas Holt focuses on emancipation in Jamaica and the contested meaning of citizenship in defining and redefining the concept of freedom; Rebecca Scott investigates the complex struggles and cross-racial alliances ... Read more
In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography--the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. Their contributions take us beyond the familiar portrait of emancipation as the end of an evil system to consider the questions and the struggles that emerged in freedom's wake. Thomas Holt focuses on emancipation in Jamaica and the contested meaning of citizenship in defining and redefining the concept of freedom; Rebecca Scott investigates the complex struggles and cross-racial alliances ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807848548
SKU
V9780807848548
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About Cooper, Frederick; Holt, Thomas C.; Scott, Rebecca J.
Frederick Cooper is Charles Gibson Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.|Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago.|0
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