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020			_a9780195102222
035			_a(AEA)9F415E6BA7F445D7B6C55329CC4B4913
050			_aE 185.2 _b.Sl16 2007
245		0	_aSlavery, resistance, freedom / _cedited by Gabor Boritt and Scott Hancock ; essays by Ira Berlin ... [et al.].
260			_aOxford ;;New York : _bOxford University Press, _c2007
300			_axix, 165 p. : _bmap _c22 cm.
500			_aGettysburg Civil War Institute books--P. [ii].
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-162).
520			_aAmericans have always defined themselves in terms of their freedoms--of speech, of religion, of political dissent. How we interpret our history of slavery--the ultimate denial of these freedoms--deeply affects how we understand the very fabric of our democracy. This extraordinary collection of essays by some of America's top historians focuses on how African Americans resisted slavery and how they responded when finally free. Ira Berlin sets the stage by stressing the relationship between how we understand slavery and how we discuss race today. The remaining essays offer a richly textured examination of all aspects of slavery in America. John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger recount actual cases of runaway slaves, their motivations for escape and the strains this widespread phenomenon put on white slave-owners. Scott Hancock explores how free black Northerners created a proud African American identity out of the oral history of slavery in the south. Edward L. Ayers, William G. Thomas III, and Anne Sarah Rubin draw upon their remarkable Valley of the Shadow website to describe the wartime experiences of African Americans living on both borders of the Mason-Dixon line. Noah Andre Trudeau turns our attention to the war itself, examining the military experience of the only all-black division in the Army of the Potomac. And Eric Foner gives us a new look at how black leaders performed during the Reconstruction, revealing that they were far more successful than is commonly acknowledged--indeed, they represented, for a time, the fulfillment of the American ideal that all people could aspire to political office. Wide-ranging, authoritative, and filled with invaluable historical insight, Slavery, Resistance, Freedom brings a host of powerful voices to America's evolving conversation about race. www.shelfari.com
650			_aFugitive slaves _zUnited States _9108033
650			_aGovernment, Resistance to _zUnited States _9108034
650			_aSlave insurrections _932297
650			_aSlavery _zHistoriography. _9108035
650			_aSlavery _zUnited States _979224
650			_aSocial aspects _zUnited States _9108036
700			_aBerlin, Ira, _9107707
700			_aBoritt, G. S., _9108037
700			_aHancock, Scott. _9108038
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