Becoming free in the cotton South
Becoming free in the cotton South2007
About this book
'Becoming Free in the Cotton South' is a moving and intimate narrative, drawing upon a multiplicity of sources and individual stories to provide an understanding of the forces that shaped both slavery and freedom, and of the generation of African Americans who tackled the passage that lay between.
Details
- First published
- 2007
- OL Work ID
- OL13672234W
Subjects
Slavery, united statesFreedmen, united statesSlaves, emancipation, united statesCotton growingPlantation lifeGeorgia, social conditionsGeorgia, historyGeorgia, race relationsSlavesSocial conditionsFreedmenHistorySlaveryEmancipationRace relationsFreed personsSocial aspects