Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations

by Whitney Stewart

Book Overview

Over the long nineteenth century, African-descended peoples used the uncertainties and possibilities of emancipation to stake claims to freedom, equality, and citizenship. In the process, people of color transformed the contours of communities, nations, and the Atlantic World. Although emancipation was an Atlantic event, it has been studied most often in geographically isolated ways. The justification for such local investigations rests in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820353116
• ISBN13: 9780820353111
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"