| On the Threshold of Freedom: Masters and Slaves in Civil War Georgia Contributor(s): Mohr, Clarence L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807126918 ISBN-13: 9780807126912 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: In this enlightening study, Clarence L. Mohr follows the demise of chattel slavery in one state of the Confederate South. Like the slavery regime itself, Mohr's story is biracial in character, embracing the perspectives of both blacks and whites as they struggled to comprehend the approach of black freedom within a framework of attitudes and assumptions shaped by decades of mutual exposure to Georgia's peculiar institution. By exploring in detail the changing patterns of black-white interaction that preceded legal emancipation in 1865, On the Threshold of Freedom defines central tendencies within Georgia slavery and suggests important links between antebellum life and the events of early Reconstruction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 975.804 |
| LCCN: 00069433 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.05" W x 8.97" (1.30 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this enlightening study, Clarence L. Mohr follows the demise of chattel slavery in one state of the Confederate South. Like the slavery regime itself, Mohr's story is biracial in character, embracing the perspectives of both blacks and whites as they struggled to comprehend the approach of black freedom within a framework of attitudes and assumptions shaped by decades of mutual exposure to Georgia's peculiar institution. By exploring in detail the changing patterns of black-white interaction that preceded legal emancipation in 1865, On the Threshold of Freedom defines central tendencies within Georgia slavery and suggests important links between antebellum life and the events of early Reconstruction. |