Running from bondage : enslaved women and their remarkable fight for freedom in Revolutionary America
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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viii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and after the Revolutionary War. Karen Cook Bell's enlightening and original contribution to the study of slave resistance in eighteenth-century America explores the individual and collective lives of these women and girls of diverse circumstances, while also providing details about what led them to escape. She demonstrates that there were in fact two wars being waged during the Revolutionary Era: a political revolution for independence from Great Britain and a social revolution for emancipation and equality in which Black women played an active role. Running from Bondage broadens and complicates how we study and teach this momentous event, one that emphasizes the chances taken by these "Black founding mothers" and the important contributions they made to the cause of liberty"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence.
Women slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women slaves -- United States -- Social conditions.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence.
Women slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women slaves -- United States -- Social conditions.
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