Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion, Eva Sheppard Wolf

Resource Information

The instance Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion, Eva Sheppard Wolf represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.

The Resource Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion, Eva Sheppard Wolf

Image: http://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=USD89598&Password=CC19241&Return=T&Value=9780807131947&Type=L

Label: Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion, Eva Sheppard Wolf

Title remainder: emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index

Carrier category code

Content type code

Contents

"most momentous subject of public interest" : the public debate over slavery and emancipation, 1831-1832
Epilogue : Virginia and the nation
Appendix A : religion of manumitters in deeds of manumission whose religious affiliation could be identified
Appendix B : petitions regarding slavery, emancipation, and colonization sent to the House of Delegates in 1831-1832
"Are we willing to grant this liberty to all men?" : ambivalence in the revolutionary era
"The
liberty of emancipating their slaves" : the practice of manumission, 1782-1806
"Deep-rooted prejudices" : race and the problem of emancipation, 1782-1806
"White Negroes" and "inchoate freedom" : life after manumission
A
"contest for power" : slavery and emancipation become political issues in the 1820s
The

Media type code

Context

Context of Race and liberty in the new nation : emancipation in Virginia from the Revolution to Nat Turner's Rebellion, Eva Sheppard Wolf