The Long Emancipation
The Demise of Slavery in the United States
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Ira Berlin | ISBN: | 9780674495487 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ira Berlin |
| ISBN: | 9780674495487 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
