by Tera W. Hunter (Author)
After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 336
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 28 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 0674893085
ISBN 13: 9780674893085