The Long Emancipation
Author | : Ira Berlin |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674286085 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674286081 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Long Emancipation written by Ira Berlin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ira Berlin offers a framework for understanding slavery’s demise in the United States. Emancipation was not an occasion but a century-long process of brutal struggle by generations of African Americans who were not naive about the price of freedom. Just as slavery was initiated and maintained by violence, undoing slavery also required violence.