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Bell, Karen Cook, author.

Title Claiming freedom : race, kinship, and land in nineteenth-century Georgia / Karen Cook Bell.

Publication Info.

Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xii, 161 pages)
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; CLAIMING FREEDOM; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Claiming Freedom in the Lowcountry; 1 THE SLAVEâ#x80;#x99;S DREAM; 2 WAR AND FREEDOM; 3 â#x80;#x9C;FULL AND FAIR COMPENSATIONâ#x80;#x9D;; 4 THE STATE OF FREEDOM IS THE STATE OF SELF-RELIANCE; CONCLUSION; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary	An exploration of the political and social experiences of African Americans in transition from slave to citizen.
Note	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 15, 2018).
Subject	Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Georgia.
	African Americans -- Georgia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
	Land tenure -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Race identity -- Georgia.
	Rice trade -- Georgia -- History.
	Georgia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
	Noirs américains -- Géorgie (État) -- Conditions économiques -- 19e siècle.
	Noirs américains -- Géorgie (État) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
	Noirs américains -- Identité ethnique -- Géorgie (État)
	Riz -- Commerce -- Géorgie (État) -- Histoire.
	Géorgie (État) -- Conditions économiques -- 19e siècle.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
	HISTORY -- African American.
	Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
	African Americans
	African Americans -- Economic conditions
	African Americans -- Race identity
	Economic history
	Land tenure
	Rice trade
	Georgia
	United States
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History
Other Form:	Print version: Bell, Karen Cook. Claiming freedom. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018] 9781611178302 (DLC) 2017008059
ISBN	9781611178319 (electronic bk.)
	1611178312 (electronic bk.)
	9781611178302 (hardcover)
Standard No.	AU@ 000059700855