{"product_id":"family-or-freedom-emily-west-9780813136929","title":"Family or Freedom: People of Color in the Antebellum South","description":"In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problematic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to enslaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifications for slavery. It is no surprise that, by the end of the Civil War, nine Southern states had enacted legal provisions for the \"voluntary\" enslavement of free blacks. What is surprising to modern sensibilities and perplexing to scholars is that\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081313692X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813136929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Emily West","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926388965631,"sku":"9780813136929","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fc76cea8-31ff-40c2-b859-3359eb33cc3c.jpg?v=1681082808","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-or-freedom-emily-west-9780813136929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}