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Slaves Without Masters

The Free Negro in the Antebellum South

Slaves Without Masters( )
Author: Berlin, Ira
ISBN:978-1-56584-028-7
Publication Date:Nov 1992
Publisher:New Press, The
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

Slaves Without Masters is a vivid and moving history of the quarter of a million free blacks who lived in the South before the Civil War. First published to great acclaim in 1974, Slaves Without Masters established Ira Berlin as one of the outstanding historians of African American life in slavery and freedom. It traces the lives of free black men and women, portraying their struggle for community, liberty, economic independence, and education within an oppressive society.

Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
History / African American & Black
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1 x 1 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.002 Pounds
Author Biography
Berlin, Ira (Author)
Ira Berlin was born in New York City on May 27, 1941. He received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1963, a master's degree in history in 1966, and a Ph.D. in history in 1970, all from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle and Federal City College in Washington before becoming a professor at the University of Maryland in 1974.

He wrote numerous books including Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America, and The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States. He also edited several books including Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation with Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller. He died from complications of multiple myeloma on June 5, 2018 at the age of 77.

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