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Berlin_1997-print. Ira Berlin, “Who Freed the Slaves? Emancipation and Its Meaning” (1997) Abstract. Ira Berlin teaches history at the University of Maryland and has written extensively about the history of slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
slavery and indentured labour and identify new and exciting areas for future research. KEYWORDS abolition; Atlantic world; Indian Ocean; slave trade; slavery; unfree labour Taking the theme of “abolition” as its point of departure, this collection of essays builds on
What did emancipation actually mean? What did freedom mean? How would ideas of citizenship accommodate Black subjects? The everyday impact of these words—the way they might be lived in everyday life—were the subject of intense debates and investigations, which marshalled emerging scientific discourses and a rapidly expanding bureaucratic state.
The Emancipation Proclamation may not have freed the slaves, but it nonetheless changed the focus of the Civil War and compelled the nation to decide on a final solution to the issue of slavery, as slaves pressured officials for their freedom through both actions and words. Historians continue to debate the issue of emancipation, asking a central
2 Ιαν 2024 · PDF | The institutions and legacies of slavery have again become a core concern for historical sociologists. In this chapter, I summarize influential... | Find, read and cite all the research...
The Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment brought about by the Civil War were important milestones in the long process of ending legal slavery in the United States. Defining the meaning of freedom, however, continued long after the war ended.
Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library (SAEF) is a growing digital collection highlighting materials related to Black history and culture from Harvard University's Houghton Library.
