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Festivals of freedom : memory and meaning in African American emancipation celebrations, 1808-1915

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Main Author: Kachun, Mitchell A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2003.
Subjects and Genres:
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > Anniversaries, etc.
African Americans > Anniversaries, etc.
African Americans > Politics and government > 19th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Festivals > United States > History > 19th century.
Festivals > United States > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • "A day of publick thanksgiving" : foundations, 1808-1834
  • "A borrowed day of jubilee" : maturation, 1834-1862
  • "An American celebration" : expansion and fragmentation, 1862-1870s
  • "Let children's children never forget" : remembrance and amnesia, 1870s-1910s
  • "Lessons of emancipation for a new generation" : reorientation, 1860s-1900s
  • "A great occasion for display" : contestation in Washington, D.C., 1860s-1900s
  • "The faith that the dark past has taught us" : dissolution, 1900-1920.

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