Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion

Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion / Eva Sheppard Wolf.

Author/creator	Wolf, Eva Sheppard, 1969-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2006.
Description	xxi, 284 pages : map ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Enslaved persons--Emancipation --Virginia --History --18th century. Enslaved persons--Emancipation --Virginia --History --19th century. Slavery--Virginia --History --18th century. Slavery--Virginia --History --19th century. African Americans--Virginia --History --18th century. African Americans--Virginia --History --19th century. Virginia--History --1775-1865. Virginia--Race relations --History --18th century. Virginia--Race relations --History --19th century.

Contents	"Are we willing to grant this liberty to all men?" : ambivalence in the revolutionary era -- "The liberty of emancipating their slaves" : the practice of manumission, 1782-1806 -- "Deep-rooted prejudices" : race and the problem of emancipation, 1782-1806 -- "White Negroes" and "inchoate freedom" : life after manumission -- A "contest for power" : slavery and emancipation become political issues in the 1820s -- The "most momentous subject of public interest" : the public debate over slavery and emancipation, 1831-1832 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : religion of manumitters in deeds of manumission whose religious affiliation could be identified -- Appendix B : petitions regarding slavery, emancipation, and colonization sent to the House of Delegates in 1831-1832.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index.
LCCN	2006010526
ISBN	0807131946 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807131947

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E445.V8 W65 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold