Seizing Freedom
Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All
Published on 4. November 2014
240 pages
978-1-78168-705-5 (ISBN)
Description
How did America recover after its years of civil war? How did freed men and women, former slaves, respond to their newly won freedom? David Roediger's radical new history redefines the idea of freedom after the jubilee, using fresh sources and texts to build on the leading historical accounts of Emancipation and Reconstruction.
Reinstating ex-slaves' own "freedom dreams" in constructing these histories, Roediger creates a masterful account of the emancipation and its ramifications on a whole host of day-to-day concerns for Whites and Blacks alike, such as property relations, gender roles, and labor.
Reinstating ex-slaves' own "freedom dreams" in constructing these histories, Roediger creates a masterful account of the emancipation and its ramifications on a whole host of day-to-day concerns for Whites and Blacks alike, such as property relations, gender roles, and labor.
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Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-705-5 (9781781687055)
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Person
David Roediger is Kendrick Babcock Chair of History at the University of Illinois. Among his books are Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day (with Philip S. Foner), How Race Survived US History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama Phenomenon, and The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Plotting Jubilee
- Chapter 1: Turning a World Upside Down: The General Strike of the Slaves, Jubilee, and the Making of a Revolutionary Civil War
- Chapter 2: Emancipation from Whiteness: Witnessing Disability and Jubilee
- Chapter 3: After the Impossible: Eight Hours, Black Labor, Women's Suffrage, and Freedom for All
- Chapter 4: Falling Apart: The First Rainbow Coalition and the Waning of Revolutionary Time
- Afterword: Dreams Deferred: Social Tragedies and Hidden Histories in the Longer Run
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Index
