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To 'joy my freedom : southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War  Cover Image Book Book

To 'joy my freedom : southern Black women's lives and labors after the Civil War / Tera W. Hunter.

Hunter, Tera W. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0674893093 (alk. paper) :
  • Physical Description: ix, 311 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.

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Subject: African American women > Employment > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 19th century.
African American women > Employment > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
African American women > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 19th century.
African American women > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.

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To Joy My Freedom : Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
To Joy My Freedom : Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
by Hunter, Tera W.
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To Joy My Freedom : Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War


After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed.

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