At Freedom S Crossroads
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Crossroads Of Freedom
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Author : Walter Fraga
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-29
Crossroads Of Freedom written by Walter Fraga and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with History categories.
By 1870 the sugar plantations of the Recôncavo region in Bahia, Brazil, held at least seventy thousand slaves, making it one of the largest and most enduring slave societies in the Americas. In this new translation of Crossroads of Freedom—which won the 2011 Clarence H. Haring Prize for the Most Outstanding Book on Latin American History—Walter Fraga charts these slaves' daily lives and recounts their struggle to make a future for themselves following slavery's abolition in 1888. Through painstaking archival research, he illuminates the hopes, difficulties, opportunities, and setbacks of ex-slaves and plantation owners alike as they adjusted to their postabolition environment. Breaking new ground in Brazilian historiography, Fraga does not see an abrupt shift with slavery's abolition; rather, he describes a period of continuous change in which the strategies, customs, and identities that slaves built under slavery allowed them to navigate their newfound freedom. Fraga's analysis of how Recôncavo's residents came to define freedom and slavery more accurately describes this seminal period in Brazilian history, while clarifying how slavery and freedom are understood in the present.
Crossroads Of Freedom
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Author : James M. McPherson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-09-12
Crossroads Of Freedom written by James M. McPherson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-12 with History categories.
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E. Lee's army was in Maryland, poised to threaten Washington. The British government was openly talking of recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South. Northern armies and voters were demoralized. And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before, waiting for a victory that had not come--that some thought would never come. Both Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads, that they were marching toward a decisive battle. It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Valor, misjudgment, and astonishing coincidence all played a role in the outcome. McPherson vividly describes a day of savage fighting in locales that became forever famous--The Cornfield, the Dunkard Church, the West Woods, and Bloody Lane. Lee's battered army escaped to fight another day, but Antietam was a critical victory for the Union. It restored morale in the North and kept Lincoln's party in control of Congress. It crushed Confederate hopes of British intervention. And it freed Lincoln to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation, which instantly changed the character of the war. McPherson brilliantly weaves these strands of diplomatic, political, and military history into a compact, swift-moving narrative that shows why America's bloodiest day is, indeed, a turning point in our history.
Crossroads
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Author : Jonathan Franzen
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2021-10-05
Crossroads written by Jonathan Franzen and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-05 with Fiction categories.
‘His best novel yet ... A Middlemarch-like triumph’ Telegraph
Crossroads Of Freedom
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Author : James M. McPherson
language : en
Publisher: Pivotal Moments in American Hi
Release Date : 2002
Crossroads Of Freedom written by James M. McPherson and has been published by Pivotal Moments in American Hi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian McPherson offers a masterful portrait of the bloodiest single day in American history, the Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862.
Crossroads At Clarksdale
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Author : Françoise N. Hamlin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2012
Crossroads At Clarksdale written by Françoise N. Hamlin and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.
Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle for black freedom through the history of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Hamlin paints a full picture of the town ov
The Journey Begins
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Author : Riaan Engelbrecht
language : en
Publisher: Riaan Engelbrecht
Release Date : 2023-01-18
The Journey Begins written by Riaan Engelbrecht and has been published by Riaan Engelbrecht this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-18 with Religion categories.
Our walk with God is a journey, and such a journey begins with a step - to follow Jesus. This volume of work explains in simple terms the journey of following, and how this journey is wonderful, glorious and blessed as we seek to embrace the Lord's gift of salvation, redemption and hope. We are all at a crossroads in our lives and we need to decide if we are either following Jesus or following the world. So let us take this journey together to the glory of the Lord, for in Him there is love, salvation, joy and peace.
Crossroads
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Author : Jonathan Franzen
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2021-10-05
Crossroads written by Jonathan Franzen and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-05 with Fiction categories.
Jonathan Franzen’s gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads. It’s December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless—unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem’s sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has sharply veered into the counterculture, while their brilliant younger brother Perry, who’s been selling drugs to seventh graders, has resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate. Jonathan Franzen’s novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on contemporary America. Now, in Crossroads, Franzen ventures back into the past and explores the history of two generations. With characteristic humor and complexity, and with even greater warmth, he conjures a world that resonates powerfully with our own. A tour de force of interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense, its action largely unfolding on a single winter day, Crossroads is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis. Jonathan Franzen’s gift for melding the small picture and the big picture has never been more dazzlingly evident.
Civil Rights Crossroads
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Author : Steven F. Lawson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-03-17
Civil Rights Crossroads written by Steven F. Lawson and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-17 with History categories.
Over the past thirty years, Steven F. Lawson has established himself as one of the nation's leading historians of the black struggle for equality. Civil Rights Crossroads is an important collection of Lawson's writings about the civil rights movement that is essential reading for anyone concerned about the past, present, and future of race relations in America. Lawson examines the movement from a variety of perspectives—local and national, political and social—to offer penetrating insights into the civil rights movement and its influence on contemporary society. Civil Rights Crossroads also illuminates the role of a broad array of civil rights activists, familiar and unfamiliar. Lawson describes the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Johnson to shape the direction of the struggle, as well as the extraordinary contributions of ordinary people like Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry T. Moore, Ruth Perry, Theodore Gibson, and many other unsung heroes of the most important social movement of the twentieth century. Lawson also examines the decades-long battle to achieve and expand the right of African Americans to vote and to implement the ballot as the cornerstone of attempts at political liberation.
Crossroads To Freedom Vol 3
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Author : Riaan Engelbrecht
language : en
Publisher: Crossroads to Freedom
Release Date : 2024-01-12
Crossroads To Freedom Vol 3 written by Riaan Engelbrecht and has been published by Crossroads to Freedom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-12 with Religion categories.
Our walk with God is a journey, and such a journey begins with a step - to follow Jesus. These three volumes of work, carrying an easy reading writing style, take the reader on a divine journey of discovery, faith, and knowing God. As we journey with God, we embrace the rich and wondrous tapestry of the Lord's gift of salvation, redemption and hope. We are all at a crossroads in our lives and we need to decide if we are either following Jesus or following the world. Let us be equipped, let us surrender our hearts unto God, and let us be disciples of the Most High. Indeed, there is no other journey as exhilarating, thrilling or adventurous, for it challenges us to grow spiritually, to seek the higher truth, and to eventually become morally a better person to God's glory. So let us take this journey together in His service, for in the Lord there is love, victory, joy and peace. Yes, He is a good God, and He yearns for us to know Him, to walk with Him and to enjoy for all eternity his merciful and gracious companionship.
At The Crossroads Of Fear And Freedom
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Author : Robert L. Green
language : en
Publisher: MSU Press
Release Date : 2015-11-01
At The Crossroads Of Fear And Freedom written by Robert L. Green and has been published by MSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with History categories.
Robert L. Green, a friend and colleague of Martin Luther King Jr., served as education director for King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference during a crucial period in Civil Rights history, and—as a consultant for many of the nation’s largest school districts—he continues to fight for social justice and educational equity today. This memoir relates previously untold stories about major Civil Rights campaigns that helped put an end to voting rights violations and Jim Crow education; explains how Green has helped urban school districts improve academic achievement levels; and explains why this history should inform our choices as we attempt to reform and improve American education. Green’s quest began when he helped the Kennedy Administration resolve a catastrophic education-related impasse and has continued through his service as one of the participants at an Obama administration summit on a current academic crisis. It is commonly said that education is the new Civil Rights battlefield. Green’s memoir, At the Crossroads of Fear and Freedom: The Fight for Social and Educational Justice, helps us understand that educational equity has always been a central objective of the Civil Rights movement.
