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The essence of liberty [electronic resource] : free black women during the slave era / Wilma King.

By: King, Wilma, 1942-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: xvi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Free African Americans -- History | African American women -- History | Free African Americans -- Social conditions | African American women -- Social conditions | Free African Americans -- Intellectual life | African American women -- Intellectual life | Liberty -- History | United States -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.48/896073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.