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Families and Freedom - by Ira Berlin (Paperback)

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  • A sequel to the award-winning Free at Last that includes moving letters from freed enslaved people to their families Drawn from the work of award-winning Freedmen and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland, Families and Freedom tells the story of the remaking of the black family during the tumultuous years of the Civil War era.
  • About the Author: Ira Berlin and Leslie S. Rowland, editors of Free at Last (The New Press), teach history at the University of Maryland.
  • 304 Pages
  • History, United States

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About the Book



Through the dramatic and moving letters and testimony of freed slaves, "Families and Freedom" tells the story of the remaking of the black family during the tumultuous years of the Civil War era. By the editors of the award-winning "Free at Last". 36 illustrations.



Book Synopsis



A sequel to the award-winning Free at Last that includes moving letters from freed enslaved people to their families Drawn from the work of award-winning Freedmen and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland, Families and Freedom tells the story of the remaking of the black family during the tumultuous years of the Civil War era. Through the dramatic and moving letters and testimony of freed enslaved persons, the documents in Families and Freedom provide deep insight into the most intimate aspects of the transformation of captives to free people. This book is the sequel to the 1994 Lincoln Prize winner Free at Last, which was described in the New York Times as "this generation's most significant encounter with the American past."



About the Author



Ira Berlin and Leslie S. Rowland, editors of Free at Last (The New Press), teach history at the University of Maryland. They are former and present directors, respectively, of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, which is compiling a multivolume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.32 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .75 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: New Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Ira Berlin
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 1998
TCIN: 1005012709
UPC: 9781565844407
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-6209
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.75 inches length x 6.14 inches width x 9.32 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.9 pounds
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