Illusions of emancipation : the pursuit of freedom and equality in the twilight of slavery / Joseph P. Reidy.
"There are many controversies and chronic misconceptions surrounding the idea of emancipation in the nineteenth-century United States. Much recent scholarship has sought to address these misconceptions ... Reidy further enriches and complicates our understanding of emancipation in the context of the...
Uniform Title: | Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Main Author: | Reidy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1948- (Author) |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2019]
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Series: | Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Physical Description: | 506 pages ; 25 cm. |
Format: | Book |