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A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City.

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Chronicles the lives of African American women in the urban north during the early years of the Republic. Investigates how African American women in Philadelphia journeyed from enslavement to the precarious status of “free persons” in the decades leading up to the Civil War and examines comparable developments in the cities of New York and Boston.

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A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City.

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Additional Books 12

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans

Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications

Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America: 1619-1962

Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance

Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Freedom’s Promise series)

Asian America: A Primary Source Reader

Who is Black? One Nation’s Definition

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

My Bondage and My Freedom

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