[PDF.03jh] Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915

Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915

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 | #2328476 in Books |  University of Massachusetts Press |  2006-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.82 x5.98l,1.28 | File type: PDF | 360 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful author!|By Karen Libman|I love Mitch Kachun! I cannot say enough good things about this author. The book is terrific, lucid and evocative. Really brings up new points. I heard him speak about this topic, which made me even more interested in the book. A real find.| |"Festivals of Freedom is a very good study of how African Americans have sought to use public space and the public sphere to advance freedom and equality."―Indiana Magazine of History||"Scholars of African American, intellectual, and cultural h

With the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, many African Americans began calling for "a day of publick thanksgiving" to commemorate this important step toward freedom. During the ensuing century, black leaders built on this foundation and constructed a distinctive and vibrant tradition through their celebrations of the end of slavery in New York State, the British West Indies, and eventually the United States as a whole. In this revealing study, Mitch Ka...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915   |  Mitch Kachun. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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