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Jan 1, 1952 — —· 74 yrs

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David R. Roediger

Also known as: David Roediger

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American historian and professor who's research interests include the construction of racial identity, class structures, labor studies, and the history of American radicalism.

In "I've Known Rivers," the brilliant Afro-American poet Langston Hughes used these words: "I've known rivers far and wide, my soul has grown deep like the rivers."

— from Meaning of Slavery in the North (Labor in America)

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Meaning of Slavery in the North (Labor in America)

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Whiteness, a Wayward Construction

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Seizing freedom

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How did America recover after its years of civil war? How did freed men and women, former slaves, respond to their newly won freedom? David Roediger's radical new history redefines the idea of freedom after the jubilee, using fresh sources and texts to build on the leading historical accounts of Emancipation and Reconstruction. Reinstating ex-slaves' own "freedom dreams" in constructing these histories, Roediger creates a masterful account of the emancipation and its ramifications on a whole host of day-to-day concerns for Whites and Blacks alike, such as property relations, gender roles, and labor.

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