Love of Freedom : Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (488 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780199741786
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- Women slaves -- New England -- History
- African American women -- New England -- History
- African American women -- New England -- Social conditions
- African American women -- New England -- Economic conditions
- Slavery -- New England -- History
- Femmes esclaves -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire
- Noires américaines -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire
- Noires américaines -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Conditions sociales
- Noires américaines -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Conditions économiques
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- African American women
- African American women -- Economic conditions
- African American women -- Social conditions
- Slavery
- Women slaves
- New England
- 306.3/62082
- E443.A33 2010
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction: Hagar Blackmore's Journey from Angola to New England; 1. The Uniqueness of New England; 2. Property and Patriarchy; 3. Spiritual Thirsting; 4. Marriage and The Family; 5. Seeking Possession of Her Liberty; 6. Spirit of Freedom; 7. Citizenship; Epilogue; Notes; Index.
They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i.
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