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LEADER: 01622cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2005037309
003 DLC
005 20060922114404.0
008 051220s2006 moua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2005037309
020 $a9780826216571 (hard cover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780826216601 (papberback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE185.18$b.K56 2006
082 00 $a305.48/896073$222
100 1 $aKing, Wilma,$d1942-
245 14 $aThe essence of liberty :$bfree black women during the slave era /$cWilma King.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2006.
300 $axvi, 290 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aFree African Americans$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican American women$xHistory.
650 0 $aFree African Americans$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aAfrican American women$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aFree African Americans$xIntellectual life.
650 0 $aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.
650 0 $aLiberty$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005037309.html