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Slavery and Freedom in Savannah

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Description for Slavery and Freedom in Savannah Paperback. A richly illustrated, accessibly written book with a variety of perspectives on slavery, emancipation, and black life in Savannah from the city s founding to the early twentieth century. Written by leading historians of Savannah, Georgia, and the South, it includes a mix of thematic essays focusing on individual people, events, and places." Editor(s): Harris, Leslie M.; Berry, Daina Ramey, PhD. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 635.

Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modeled on the very successful Slavery in New York, a volume Leslie M. Harris coedited with Ira Berlin. Here Harris and Daina Ramey Berry have collected a variety of perspectives on slavery, emancipation, and black life in Savannah from the city’s founding to the early twentieth century. Written by leading historians of Savannah, Georgia, and the South, the volume includes a mix of longer thematic essays and shorter sidebars focusing on individual people, events, and places.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820344102
SKU
V9780820344102
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About
Leslie M. Harris (Editor) LESLIE M. HARRIS is a professor of history at Northwestern University. She is the coeditor, with Ira Berlin, of Slavery in New York and the coeditor, with Daina Ramey Berry, of Slavery and Freedom in Savannah (Georgia). Daina Ramey Berry (Editor) DAINA RAMEY BERRY is the Oliver H. Radkey Professor of ... Read more

Reviews for Slavery and Freedom in Savannah
Based on extensive and original research, as well as on a close understanding of the broader issues in the history of slavery and race relations, this marvelous collection of essays adds enormously to our understanding of the struggles and achievements of black Savannahians. An invaluable study, and one which no student of the black populations of other southern towns and ... Read more

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