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Former Slave-Slaveholder Relationships in Postwar 1865

Presented by Birmingham Public Library at Birmingham Public Library - Central Branch, Birmingham AL

Feb 06 2018
Former Slave-Slaveholder Relationships in Postwar 1865

The dawn of full legal emancipation forced former slaves and former slaveholders alike to reinvent their work relationships so that both groups could meet the challenges of daily life during a difficult time. Paul Boncella of the Southern History Department draws on Freedmen’s Bureau labor contracts and WPA slave narratives to demonstrate how slave-slaveholder bonds both changed and stayed the same during the critical half year after the end of the Civil War.

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Birmingham Public Library - Central Branch

2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203

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