Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies

by Frederick Cooper, Rebecca J. Scott, Thomas C. Holt

Book Overview

In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography--the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. Their contributions take us beyond the familiar portrait of emancipation as the end of an evil system to consider the questions and the struggles that emerged in freedom's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848549
• ISBN13: 9780807848548
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"