Rites of August First Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic world /

Main Author: Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffrey R.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
Series:Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10297288
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