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Seizing Freedom

Seizing Freedom Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All

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Publisher's Synopsis

How did America recover after its years of civil war? How did freed men and women, former slaves, respond to their newly won freedom? David Roediger's radical new history redefines the idea of freedom after the jubilee, using fresh sources and texts to build on the leading historical accounts of Emancipation and Reconstruction.

Reinstating ex-slaves' own "freedom dreams" in constructing these histories, Roediger creates a masterful account of the emancipation and its ramifications on a whole host of day-to-day concerns for Whites and Blacks alike, such as property relations, gender roles, and labor.

About the Publisher

Verso

Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing one hundred books a year.

Book information

ISBN: 9781784780258
Publisher: Verso
Imprint: Verso
Pub date:
DEWEY: 326.80973
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 230
Weight: 312g
Height: 139mm
Width: 210mm
Spine width: 19mm