A LONG JOURNEY
Jul 23, 2019
2 minutes
REVIEWED BY GORDON BERG
is a phrase more and more common in the modern historiography of emancipation and the struggle for freedom waged by formerly enslaved African Americans during the Civil War and the turbulent years of Reconstruction that followed. Historians like Joseph Reidy have recognized the active role played by enslaved people in seizing the initiative for securing their own
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