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Love of Freedom: Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England
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Love of Freedom: Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Catherine Adams; Elizabeth Pleck


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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 in colonial and revolutionary New England were struggling for freedom from slavery and for the right to patriarchal control of their own families. Women had more complicated desires, seeking protection and support in a male headed household while also wanting personal liberty. Eventually women who were former slaves began to fight for dignity and respect for womanhood and access to schooling for black children.

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  • Title Love of Freedom: Black Women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England
  • Author Catherine Adams; Elizabeth Pleck
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2010-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780195389098 / 0195389093
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects Slavery - New England - History, Women slaves - New England - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009011638
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.362

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About the author


Catherine Adams is Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Geneseo. Elizabeth H. Pleck is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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