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The Essence of Liberty

Free Black Women During the Slave Era

"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.

The free-born Olivia Davidson, who had attended the black-owned Albany
Enterprise Academy in Ohio, was among the teachers. Prior to her 1882 marriage
to Booker T. Washington, Davidson taught in Hernando, Mississippi, and
Memphis, ...