At Freedom's Edge: Black Mobility and the Southern White Quest for Racial Control, 1861--1915

by William Cohen and William A. Cohen

Even after the Civil War, blacks despaired of being treated as equals in a white man's world. They were deprived of many of the most basic rights of citizenship, and were often cheated and exploited. As a result they clung tenaciously to that most important of new rights--the right to move.

At Freedom's Edge is William Cohen's comprehensive history of black mobility from the Civil War to World War I. Cohen treats mobility as a central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807116521
• ISBN13: 9780807116524
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"