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: | 978-0-8203-4878-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Highlights the experiences of enslaved Maryland women who negotiated their own freedom, many of whom have been largely lost to historical records. Based on more than fifteen hundred manumission records, Jessica Millward brings together African American social and gender history to provide a new means of using biography as a historical genre.
Highlights the experiences of enslaved Maryland women who negotiated their own freedom, many of whom have been largely lost to historical records. Based on more than fifteen hundred manumission records, Jessica Millward brings together African American social and gender history to provide a new means of using biography as a historical genre.