Finding Charity's Folk Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland |
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| Author:
| Millward, Jessica |
| Series title: | Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3108-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $114.95 |
Book Description:
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Millward highlights the experiences of enslaved Maryland women who negotiated for their own freedom. Basing her research on more than fifteen hundred manumission records and numerous manuscript documents, she skillfully brings together African American social and gender history to provide a new means of using biography as a historical genre.
Millward highlights the experiences of enslaved Maryland women who negotiated for their own freedom. Basing her research on more than fifteen hundred manumission records and numerous manuscript documents, she skillfully brings together African American social and gender history to provide a new means of using biography as a historical genre.