A fragile freedom African American women and emancipation in the antebellum city /
Dunbar, Erica Armstrong.
A fragile freedom African American women and emancipation in the antebellum city / [electronic resource] : Erica Armstrong Dunbar. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. - xvi, 196 p. : ill. - Society and the sexes in the modern world . - Society and the sexes in the modern world. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.
Slavery and the "holy experiment" -- Maneuvering manumission in Philadelphia : African American women and indentured servitude -- Creating Black Philadelphia : African American women and their neighborhoods -- Voices from the margins : the Philadelphia female anti-slavery society, 1833-1840 -- Writing for womanhood : African American women and print culture -- A mental and moral feast : reading, writing, and sentimentality in Black Philadelphia.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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African American women--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
African American women--Social conditions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Free African Americans--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Free African Americans--Social conditions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Antislavery movements--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Slavery--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
F158.9.N4 / D86 2008
973.7/1140974811
A fragile freedom African American women and emancipation in the antebellum city / [electronic resource] : Erica Armstrong Dunbar. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. - xvi, 196 p. : ill. - Society and the sexes in the modern world . - Society and the sexes in the modern world. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.
Slavery and the "holy experiment" -- Maneuvering manumission in Philadelphia : African American women and indentured servitude -- Creating Black Philadelphia : African American women and their neighborhoods -- Voices from the margins : the Philadelphia female anti-slavery society, 1833-1840 -- Writing for womanhood : African American women and print culture -- A mental and moral feast : reading, writing, and sentimentality in Black Philadelphia.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA813091 bnb
Uk
African American women--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
African American women--Social conditions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Free African Americans--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Free African Americans--Social conditions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Antislavery movements--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Slavery--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
F158.9.N4 / D86 2008
973.7/1140974811