| 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. |
