| #1275526 in Books | 2015-12-15 | 2015-12-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.90 x.60 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 160 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Despite all, we are still here.|By Rachel|This was an amazing book. It sheds light on the quite and often forgotten ways in which enslaved woman fought for their freedom. This book unequivocally shows that Black women were active agents in their pursuit of freedom.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent perspective on the Africa||Digging deeply into the county court records of Maryland, the author presents a remarkable picture of how some enslaved women, including Charity Folks, acquired their freedom. In doing so, she broadens our perspective on female slaves, African American family
Finding Charity’s Folk highlights the experiences of enslaved Maryland women who negotiated for their own freedom, many of whom have been largely lost to historical records. Based on more than fifteen hundred manumission records and numerous manuscript documents from a diversity of archives, Jessica Millward skillfully brings together African American social and gender history to provide a new means of using biography as a historical genre.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland (Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900 Ser.) | Jessica Millward. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
