The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States (The Nathan I. Huggins lectures Book 14)

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pp.227.”Ira Berlin offers a framework for understanding slavery’s demise in the United States. Emancipation was not an occasion but a century-long process of brutal struggle by generations of African Americans who were not naive about the price of freedom. Just as slavery was initiated and maintained by violence, undoing slavery also required violence.”

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ISBN 0674286081
ISBN13 9780674286085
Number of pages 227
Original Title The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States (The Nathan I. Huggins lectures Book 14)
Published Date 2015
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition Very good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Cambridge
Edition First edition
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pp.227.”Ira Berlin offers a framework for understanding slavery’s demise in the United States. Emancipation was not an occasion but a century-long process of brutal struggle by generations of African Americans who were not naive about the price of freedom. Just as slavery was initiated and maintained by violence, undoing slavery also required violence.”

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Weight 1 kg