At the threshold of liberty : women, slavery, and shifting identities in Washington, D.C. /

"At the center of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington D.C. was governed by federally-appointed commissioners who enacted black codes that confined the social and physical mobility of black Americans in the District, placing black women at the bottom of a br...

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Author / Creator: Nunley, Tamika (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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