A journal, an autobiography, and selections from narratives about the conditions experienced by free-born African Americans in the nineteenth century. They ask such questions as: How did African Americans construct identity in antebellum America? How did enslaved and free blacks differ in their exercise of power and self-determination? How did African Americans define themselves as members of groups?

Concepts

narratives

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Additional Tags

after slavery, post slavery, nhc toolbox: making of african american identity: free-born, free african americans, anti-slavery movement, historical background of african americans

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)