Rethinking American emancipation : legacies of slavery and the quest for Black freedom / edited by William A. Link, University of Florida, James J. Broomall, Shepherd University.
| Other author | Link, William A. editor. |
| Other author | Broomall, James J., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xvi, 275 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge studies on the American south Cambridge studies on the American South. ^A1092281 |
| Contents | Introduction / William A. Link and James J. Broomall -- Part I. Claiming Emancipation: 1. Bodies in motion and the making of emancipation / Yael A. Sternhell; 2. Force, freedom, and the making of emancipation / Gregory P. Downs; 3. Military interference in elections as an influence on abolition / William A. Blair -- Part II. Contesting Emancipation: 4. "One pillar of the social fabric may still stand firm": border south marriages in the emancipation era / Allison Fredette; 5. Axes of empire: race, region, and the "greater reconstruction" of federal authority after emancipation / Carole Emberton; 6. Fear of reenslavement: Black political mobilization in response to the waning of Reconstruction / Justin Behrend -- Part III. Remembering Emancipation: 7. African Americans and the long emancipation in new south Atlanta / William A. Link; 8. Washington, Toussaint, and Bolivar: the glorious advocates of liberty': Black internationalism and reimagining emancipation / Paul Ortiz; 9. Remembering the abolitionists and the meanings of freedom / John Stauffer -- Epilogue: Emancipation and the nation / Laura F. Edwards. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2015026743 |
| ISBN | 9781107073036 hardback |
| ISBN | 1107073030 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781107421349 paperback |
| ISBN | 1107421349 paperback |