Illusions of emancipation : the pursuit of freedom and equality in the twilight of slavery / Joseph P. Reidy.

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reidy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1948- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:506 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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