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Title:
  • Love of freedom : Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England / Catherine Adams and Elizabeth H. Pleck.
Call No:
  • E443
  • .A33 2010
Summary note:
  • Describes how African women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery, but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions.
Source of Acquisition:
  • Purchase;
  • 17 Apr 2013;
  • 2013.17.8
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Author:
Imprint Place:
  • Oxford ; New York, N.Y. :
Publisher/Printer:
  • Oxford University Press,
Imprint Date:
  • 2010.
Physical Description:
  • viii, 265 p. :
  • ill., ports. ;
  • 24 cm.
Accession No:
  • 2013.17.8
Notes:
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-259) and index.
  • Introduction : Hagar Blackmore's journey from Angola to New England -- The uniqueness of New England -- Property and patriarchy -- Spiritual thirsting -- Marriage and the family -- Seeking possession of her liberty -- Spirit of freedom -- Citizenship -- Epilogue.
  • Describes how African women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery, but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions.
Location:
  • RHIB
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