To 'joy my freedom : Southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War / Tera W. Hunter.

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Tera Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former master. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisur...

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Main Author: Hunter, Tera W.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
African American women > Employment > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 19th century.
African American women > Employment > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
African American women > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 19th century.
African American women > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "Answering bells is played out": slavery and the Civil War
  • Reconstruction and the meanings of freedom
  • Working-class neighborhoods and everyday life
  • "Washing amazons" and organized protests
  • The "color line" gives way to the "color wall"
  • Survival and social welfare in the age of Jim Crow
  • "Wholesome" and "hurtful" amusements
  • "Dancing and carousing the night away"
  • Tuberculosis as the "Negro servants' disease"
  • "Looking for a free state to live in".