Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi (Blacks in the Diaspora)

by NoraleeFrankel (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $33.81

  Examines freedom's influence on the lives of African American women and families in Mississippi during and after the Civil War. Exploring issues of family and work, this book shows how African American women's attempts to achieve more control over their lives shaped their attitudes toward work, marriage, family, and community.