Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press in January 2024. This collection of essays provides original and innovative perspectives on both traditional and relatively unstudied issues of Black women during the Civil War and Reconstruction period. It explores the ways in which Black women, from diverse regions of the American South, employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous times in American history. This edited work is a collection of case studies of Black women’s lived experiences in the Confederate South and border regions of the U.S. It highlights the complexity of Black women’s wartime and postwar experiences and provides important insight into the contested spaces they occupied. Contributors to this volume include Katherine Chilton (San Jose State University); Arlisha Norwood (University of Maryland, Eastern Shore); Felicia Jamison (University of Louisville); Karen Cook Bell (Bowie State University); Kaisha Esty (Wesleyan University); Crystal Feimster (Yale University); Kelly Jones (Arkansas Tech University); Brandi Brimmer (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Hilary Green (Davidson College).
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