To 'Joy My Freedom Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War

Name: To 'Joy My Freedom Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780674893085

ISBN-10: 0674893085

ISBN-13: 9780674893085

Edition: 1997

Authors: Tera W. Hunter

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The author of this text weaves a rich and diverse tapestry of the culture and experience of black women workers in the post-Civil War south.

Book details

List price: $26.50
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Preface


Prologue


""Answering Bells Is Played Out"": Slavery and the Civil War


Reconstruction and the Meanings of Freedom Working-Class


Neighborhoods and Everyday Life ""Washing Amazons"" and Organized Protests


The ""Color Line""


Gives Way to the ""Color Wall""


Survival and Social Welfare in the Age of Jim Crow ""Wholesome"" and ""Hurtful""


Amusements ""Dancing and Carousing the Night Away""


Tuberculosis as the ""Negro Servants Disease""


""Looking for a Free State to Live In""


Tables


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index