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Black Virginians claim their freedom after slavery
1 online resource ( xiv, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Foreword / Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan -- "I Ain't No Slave": Freedom in Virginia before the Civil War -- "We Will All Be Free": Self-Emancipation during the Civil War -- "To Own Oneself Is to Own One's Future": The Meaning of Freedom -- "We Claim the Right of Suffrage": The Politics of Freedom -- "Send a Colored Man": The Politics of Free Men -- "Without Distinction of Color": Readjusters, Education, and Biracial Politics -- "I Am Constantly Busy": Enduring Daily Life in Jim Crow Virginia -- "To Take Our Place in the Business World": The Segregated Economy -- Epilogue: "To Set Up Lofty Landmarks" -- Afterword / Ajena Cason Rogers -- Appendix: Virginia's Black Leaders, 1850-1900.
John G. Deal, Marianne E. Julienne, and Brent Tarter.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press in association with the Library of Virginia, 2024