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"King uses a wide range of sources to examine the experiences of free black women in both the North and the South, from the colonial period through emancipation, showing how they became free, educated themselves, found jobs, maintained self-esteem, and developed social consciousness--even participating in the abolitionist movement"--Provided by publisher.King, Wilma is the author of 'Essence of Liberty Free Black Women During the Slave Era', published 2006 under ISBN 9780826216601 and ISBN 0826216609.
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