Southern Black women and their struggle for freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction - ECU Libraries Catalog

Southern Black women and their struggle for freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction / edited by Karen Cook Bell, Bowie State University.

Other author/creator	Bell, Karen Cook, editor.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice	©2024
Description	xv, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	African American women--Southern States --History --19th century. African American women--Southern States --Social conditions --19th century. African American women--Employment --Southern States --History --19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --African Americans. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Women. Southern States--Social conditions --19th century.

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Contents	Emancipation and Black women's labor -- "The proceeds of my own labor" : Black working women in the District of Columbis during the Civil War / Kate Chilton -- "Please attend to it for me" : Single Black women in Civil War and Reconstruction Era Virginia / Arlisha Norwood -- "I had time for myself" : Enslaved women, labor, and the politics of acquisition during the Civil War / Felicia Jamison -- War, gender violence, and the courts -- Black women, war, and freedom in Southern Louisiana and Low Country Georgia / Karen Cook Bell -- Rape and mutiny at Fort Jackson : Black laundresses testify in Civil War Louisiana / Crystal Feimster -- "I told him to let me alone, that he hurt me" : Black women and girls and the battle over sexual consent in Union-occupied territory / Kaisha Etsy -- Emancipation, the Black family, and education -- USCT women and place in Little Rock, Arkansas / Kelly Jones -- Black women's lives and labor in post emancipation North Carolina / Brandi Brimmer -- "Remaking Old Blue" : Emerson Normal and addressing the need for public schoolteachers in Mobile / Hilary Green.
Abstract	"This volume examines how Black women across the American South employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate the tumultuous Civil War and Reconstruction era. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in African American history, gender studies, and the Civil War and Reconstruction era"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2023037163
ISBN	9781009087452
ISBN	9781316514757 hardcover
ISBN	1316514757 hardcover
ISBN	1009087452 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

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