A Fragile Freedom
Download or Read eBook A Fragile Freedom PDF written by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Erica Armstrong Dunbar |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300145069 |
ISBN-13 | : 0300145063 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Fragile Freedom by : Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Book excerpt: Chronicling the lives of African American women in the urban north of America (particularly Philadelphia) during the early years of the republic, 'A Fragile Freedom' investigates how they journeyed from enslavement to the precarious state of 'free persons' in the decades before the Civil War.