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Contents preface ix note on language xxi chronology xxiii introduction: Was U.S. Emancipation Exceptional? 1 Part One: Experiences chapter 1. Self-Emancipators across North America 21 chapter 2. Slave Soldiers 41 chapter 3. Slave Revolt across Borders 60 Part Two: Lives chapter 4. Samuel Ward and the Making of an Imperial Subject 87 chapter 5. Freedwomen and Freed Children 101 chapter 6. Freedom’s First Generation 126 epilogue: Freedom’s Seekers Today 151 notes 163 bibliogr aphy 201 index 223 This page intentionally left blank ...

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