Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America
- ISBN-10
- 1108831540
- ISBN-13
- 9781108831543
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-07
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Karen Cook Bell
Description
A compelling examination of the ways enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary War.
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