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Author:

Greenwood, Janette Thomas.

Title:

First fruits of freedom : the migration of former slaves and their search for equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900 / Janette Thomas Greenwood.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Worcester--Worcester--History--19th century.
African Americans--Worcester--Worcester--Social conditions--19th century.
Freedmen--Worcester--Worcester--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
Migration, Internal--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Worcester (Mass.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-223) and index.

Contents:

The guns of war -- The prettiest blue mens I have ever seed -- These are the children of this revolution, the promising first fruits of the war -- A new promise of freedom and dignity -- A community within a community.

Series:

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

ISBN:

0807871044 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780807871041 (pbk : alk. paper)
0807833622 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833629 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)428895775

LCCN:

2009031107

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)