At the threshold of liberty : women, slavery, and shifting identities in Washington, D.C. / Tamika Y. Nunley.

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"At the center of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington D.C. was governed by federally-appointed commissioners who enacted black codes that confined the social and physical mobility of black Americans in the District, placing black women at the bottom of a broader...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Main Author: Nunley, Tamika (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
African American women > Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Washington (D.C.)
Social stratification > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
African American women > Social conditions.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race relations.
Social stratification.
Washington (D.C.)
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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