TY  - BOOK
AU  - King,Wilma
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The essence of liberty: free black women during the slave era 
AV  - E185.18 .K56 2006eb
U1  - 305.48/896073 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Free African Americans
KW  - History
KW  - African American women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Liberty
KW  - United States
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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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ER  -