46 pages • 1 hour read
Tera W. HunterTo ‘Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women’s Lives and Labors after the Civil War
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Discuss the challenge, which Hunter outlines in her preface, of writing the history of working-class African-American women. How does Hunter use her sources to overcome some of these challenges?
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Compare and contrast the New South and the Old South. What role did African-American women’s labor play in the New South?
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Upon what resources and strengths did working-class black women rely to organize the washerwomen’s strike?
