The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation

Journal of American History

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 435-460

  Foner, Eric ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84963052676     PISSN: 00218723     EISSN: 19452314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2081167     Document Type: Article

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