Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All

by David R. Roediger

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784780251
• ISBN13: 9781784780258
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"