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Forging freedom : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers.

Author: Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti.

Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Descriptionxi, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.


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Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti.
Series Statement
Gender and American culture
Subject:
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Freed persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century.
Freed persons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Gender & American culture.