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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 modelled 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.
The story of slavery in Savannah may seem to be an ... Read more
Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modelled 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.
The story of slavery in Savannah may seem to be an ... Read more
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 is associate professor of history at Emory University in Atlanta. She is the author of In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863 and coeditor of Slavery in New York. Daina Ramey Berry is associate professor of history and African and African Diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She ... Read more
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