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Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery

Leon F. Litwack

What did the end of slavery mean for the four million people who were freed, and how did they and their former owners respond?

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Author
Leon F. Litwack

Why read it

  • You will see emancipation through the eyes of the freed people, not only through laws and armies
  • You will learn how war and freedom stripped away comfortable illusions about slavery
  • You will hear freed people speak in their own letters about slavery, freedom and old ties

Who it is for

  • A descendant of enslaved people tracing what freedom first meant
  • A teacher preparing lessons on the Civil War and its aftermath
  • Someone wondering how a society absorbs sudden, forced change

Contents

  1. Been in the Storm So Long
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter One
  4. “THE FAITHFUL SLAVE”
  5. Chapter Two
  6. BLACK LIBERATORS
  7. Chapter Three
  8. KINGDOM COMIN’
  9. Chapter Four
  10. SLAVES NO MORE
  11. Chapter Five
  12. HOW FREE IS FREE?
  13. Chapter Six
  14. THE FEEL OF FREEDOM: MOVING ABOUT
  15. Postscript: Four Letters
  16. Chapter Seven
  17. BACK TO WORK: THE OLD COMPULSIONS
  18. Chapter Eight
  19. BACK TO WORK: THE NEW DEPENDENCY
  20. Chapter Nine
  21. THE GOSPEL AND THE PRIMER
  22. Chapter Ten
  23. BECOMING A PEOPLE

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