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May 27, 1941 — Jun 5, 2018· 77 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · HISTORY · AFRICAN AMERICANS

Ira Berlin

Also known as: Ira ed Berlin

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Ira Berlin (May 27, 1941 – June 5, 2018) was an American historian, a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, and a past President of the Organization of American Historians. Berlin is the author of such books as Many Thousands Gone and Generations of Captivity. - Wikipedia

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IN MID-MAY 1861, with the war only a month old, the first fugitive slaves arrived at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, an isolated federal outpost at the tip of the peninsula formed by the York and James rivers.

— from Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867

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Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867

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Generations of Captivity

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"Ira Berlin traces the history of African-American slavery in the United States from its beginnings in the seventeenth century to its fiery demise nearly three hundred years later." "Generations of Captivity is essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution and transformation of antebellum America. Connecting the Charter Generations of slaves to the development of Atlantic society in the seventeenth century, the Plantation Generations to the reconstruction of the colonial society in the eighteenth century, the Revolutionary Generations to the Age of Revolution, and the Migration Generations to American expansionism in the nineteenth century, Berlin integrates the history of slavery into the larger story of American life. He demonstrates how enslaved black people, through constant struggle, prepared for the moment when they could seize liberty and declare themselves Freedom Generations."--BOOK JACKET.

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