Beyond Slavery

2014-06-30 History

Author : Frederick Cooper
Release : 2014-06-30
Genre : History
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Download or read book Beyond Slavery written by Frederick Cooper. This book was released on 2014-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 that evolved in southern Louisiana and Cuba after the end of slavery; and Frederick Cooper examines the intersection of emancipation and imperialism in French West Africa. In their introduction, the authors address issues of citizenship, labor, and race, in the post-emancipation period and they point the way toward a fuller understanding of the meanings of freedom.

Beyond Slavery

2010-10-25 Religion

Author : Jacqueline L. Hazelton
Release : 2010-10-25
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book Beyond Slavery written by Jacqueline L. Hazelton. This book was released on 2010-10-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at a United States that continues to be driven by racial and cultural divisions, from the disproportionately high number of incarcerated African Americans to heartfelt disagreements over the true nature of marriage and the proper role of faith in public policy.

Beyond Slavery

2007 History

Author : Darién J. Davis
Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 313/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beyond Slavery written by Darién J. Davis. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Slavery traces the enduring impact and legacy of the African diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean in the modern era. In a rich set of essays, the volume explores the multiple ways that Africans have affected political, economic, and cultural life throughout the region. The contributors engage readers interested in the African diaspora in a series of vigorous debates ranging from agency and resistance to transculturation, displacement, cross-national dialogue, and popular culture. Documenting the array of diverse voices of Afro-Latin Americans throughout the region, this interdisciplinary book brings to life both their histories and contemporary experiences.

Beyond Slavery's Shadow

2021-09-15 Social Science

Author : Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.
Release : 2021-09-15
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Beyond Slavery's Shadow written by Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.. This book was released on 2021-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million of these individuals, including over 250,000 in the South, were free. In Beyond Slavery's Shadow, Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. draws from a wide array of sources to demonstrate that from the colonial period through the Civil War, the growing influence of white supremacy and proslavery extremism created serious challenges for free persons categorized as "negroes," "mulattoes," "mustees," "Indians," or simply "free people of color" in the South. Segregation, exclusion, disfranchisement, and discriminatory punishment were ingrained in their collective experiences. Nevertheless, in the face of attempts to deny them the most basic privileges and rights, free people of color defended their families and established organizations and businesses. These people were both privileged and victimized, both celebrated and despised, in a region characterized by social inconsistency. Milteer's analysis of the way wealth, gender, and occupation intersected with ideas promoting white supremacy and discrimination reveals a wide range of social interactions and life outcomes for the South's free people of color and helps to explain societal contradictions that continue to appear in the modern United States.

Beyond Slavery and Abolition

2019 History

Author : Ryan Hanley
Release : 2019
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 655/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beyond Slavery and Abolition written by Ryan Hanley. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how black writers helped to build modern Britain by looking beyond the questions of slavery and abolition.

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