ISBN:
9781139680998
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvi, 275 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies on the American South
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DDC:
305.896/073
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
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Geschichte
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Schwarze. USA
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Slaves / Emancipation / United States
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African Americans / History / 19th century
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African Americans / Social conditions / 19th century
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USA
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United States / Race relations / History / 19th century
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Southern States / Social conditions / 19th century
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Abstract:
On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, an event that soon became a bold statement of presidential power, a dramatic shift in the rationale for fighting the Civil War, and a promise of future freedom for four million enslaved Americans. But the document marked only a beginning; freedom's future was anything but certain. Thereafter, the significance of both the Proclamation and of emancipation assumed new and diverse meanings, as African Americans explored freedom and the nation attempted to rebuild itself. Despite the sweeping power of Lincoln's Proclamation, struggle, rather than freedom, defined emancipation's broader legacy. The nine essays in this volume unpack the long history and varied meanings of the emancipation of American slaves. Together, the contributions argue that 1863 did not mark an end point or a mission accomplished in black freedom; rather, it initiated the beginning of an ongoing, contested process
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / William A. Link and James J. Broomall -- Part I. Claiming emancipation -- A universe of flight / Yael Sternhell -- Force, freedom, and the making of emancipation / Greg Downs -- A tainted ballot: military interference in elections and the Thirteenth Amendment / William A. Blair -- Part II. Contesting emancipation -- One pillar of the social fabric may still stand firm: border south marriages in the emancipation era / Allison Fredette -- Axes of empire: race, region, and the "greater reconstruction" of federal authority after emancipation / Carole Emberton -- The fear of reenslavement: Black political mobilization in response to the waning of Reconstruction / Justin Behrend -- Part III. Remembering emancipation -- African Americans and the long emancipation in new south Atlanta / William A. Link -- Washington, Toussaint, and Bolivar: the glorious advocates of liberty': Black internationalism and reimagining emancipation / Paul Ortiz -- "Remembering the abolitionists and the meanings of freedom / John Stauffer -- Epilogue: Emancipation and the nation / Laura Edwards
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