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Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All | David R. Roediger
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Forceful and detailed account of the struggle for “freedom” after the American Civil War How did America recover after its years of civil war? How did freed men and women, former slaves, respond to their newly won freedom? David Roediger’s radical new history redefines the idea of freedom after the jubilee, using fresh sources and texts to build on the leading historical accounts of Emancipation and Reconstruction. Reinstating ex-slaves’ own “freedom dreams” in constructing these histories, Roediger creates a masterful account of the emancipation and its ramifications on a whole host of day-to-day concerns for Whites and Blacks alike, such as property relations, gender roles, and labor. From the Hardcover edition.
If you haven't read anything by David Roediger this is a good place to start. I opened it earlier today in the gym portion of my #24in48 readathon@24in48 . Roediger covers the post-civil war freedom movements in this short and lively book
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