Justice for Ourselves: Black Virginians Claim Their Freedom After Slavery

by Marianne E. Julienne, John G. Deal, Brent Tarter

A new look at the Black Virginians who defined and realized their freedom after the collapse of slavery

"Verily, the work does not end with the abolition of slavery," wrote Frederick Douglass in 1862, "but only begins." The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment altered a legal status; to make freedom a reality represented a different challenge altogether.

Justice for Ourselves tells the stories of remarkable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813951372
• ISBN13: 9780813951379
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary