Gender and the Jubilee: Black Freedom and the Reconstruction of Citizenship in Civil War Missouri

Author/Contributor(s):	Romeo, Sharon
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	03/15/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

By analyzing the actions of African American women in the urban environment of St. Louis and the surrounding areas of rural Missouri, Romeo uncovers the confluence of military events, policy changes, and black agency that shaped the gendered paths to freedom and citizenship during and after the CIvil War.