Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-148) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Claiming Freedom in the Lowcountry -- 1. The Slave's Dream -- 2. War and Freedom -- 3. "Full and Fair Compensation" -- 4. The State of Freedom is the State of Self-Reliance -- Conclusion.
Summary:
Claiming Freedom is a noteworthy and dynamic analysis of the transition African Americans experienced as they emerged from Civil War slavery, struggled through emancipationm and then forged on to become landowners in the Georgia lowcountry during the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction period. Karen Cook Bell's work is a bold study of the political and social struggles of these individuals as they strived for and claimed freedom--back cover.
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