Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915

Authors

W. Fitzhugh Brundage

ISBN

1558494073

Price

$39.95

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

Abstract

Jubilee

Commemorating the abolition of slavery

Mitch Kachun has written an important book on African American traditions of historical commemoration, a topic that has escaped the attention of historians for too long:. Perhaps in our present age, when pundits complain that public....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.6.3.18

Recommended Citation

Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (2004) "Festivals of Freedom: Memory and Meaning in African American Emancipation Celebrations, 1808-1915," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 6 : Iss. 3 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.6.3.18
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol6/iss3/18