Forging freedom : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers.

Author/creator Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
African American women--South Carolina. --Charleston. --History. --19th century.
African American women--South Carolina. --Charleston. --Social conditions. --19th century.
Freed persons--South Carolina. --Charleston. --History. --19th century.
Freed persons--South Carolina. --Charleston. --Social conditions. --19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--History. --1775-1865.
Charleston (S.C.)--Social conditions. --19th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.

SeriesGender and American culture
Gender & American culture. ^A228874
Contents Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011015961
ISBN9780807835050 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807835056 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F279.C49 N458 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold