At the threshold of liberty women, slavery, and shifting identities in Washington, D.C. /

"At the center of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington D.C. was governed by federally-appointed commissioners who enacted black codes that confined the social and physical mobility of black Americans in the District, placing black women at the bottom of a br...

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Main Author: Nunley, Tamika,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Physical Description: xiv, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor E185.93.D6 N86 2021 Available
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