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Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the Antebellum South

by Edward D. C. Campbell (Editor), Kym S. Rice (Editor)

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Essays by noted historians, folklorists, and archaeologists portray the broad contours and details of African American life under slavery, both on the plantation and in Southern cities. Color and black and white images abound.

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 975 — History & geography History of North America Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states)
LCC: E443 .B44 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery
BISAC: SOC SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies American African American & Black Studies

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Published: 1997
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 975
LCC: E443 .B44

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