9781469648361-1469648369-Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)

Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)

ISBN-13: 9781469648361
ISBN-10: 1469648369
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Joseph P. Reidy
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Format: Hardcover 506 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781469648361
ISBN-10: 1469648369
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Joseph P. Reidy
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Format: Hardcover 506 pages

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Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) (ISBN-13: 9781469648361 and ISBN-10: 1469648369), written by authors Joseph P. Reidy, was published by Univ of North Carolina Pr in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Black & African American (Cultural & Regional, United States, Historical, State & Local, United States History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Black & African American books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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As students of the Civil War have long known, emancipation was not merely a product of Lincoln's proclamation or of Confederate defeat in April 1865. It was a process that required more than legal or military action. With enslaved people fully engaged as actors, emancipation necessitated a fundamental reordering of a way of life whose implications stretched well beyond the former slave states. Slavery did not die quietly or quickly, nor did freedom fulfill every dream of the enslaved or their allies. The process unfolded unevenly.

In this sweeping reappraisal of slavery's end during the Civil War era, Joseph P. Reidy employs the lenses of time, space, and individuals' sense of personal and social belonging to understand how participants and witnesses coped with drastic change, its erratic pace, and its unforeseeable consequences. Emancipation disrupted everyday habits, causing sensations of disorientation that sometimes intensified the experience of reality and sometimes muddled it. While these illusions of emancipation often mixed disappointment with hope, through periods of even intense frustration they sustained the promise that the struggle for freedom would result in victory.

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