"A rare phenomenon of philological vegetation": The word "contraband" and the meanings of emancipation in the United States

Kate Masur*

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1050-1084
Number of pages35
JournalJournal of American History
Volume93
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2007

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I am grateful to Ira Berlin, Nancy MacLean, Aims McGuinness, Adam Rothman, Peter Slevin, and the JAH’s editors and anonymous readers for their helpful comments on earlier drafts, and to the myriad other friends and colleagues who have discussed contrabands with me. Support for this research was provided by the Library of Congress’s John W. Kluge Center. I am indebted to the Kluge Center staff and the library’s special searchers for helping make the library’s remarkable collections accessible, to the spring 2005 Kluge fellows for their interest and engagement, and to Sarah Wilkes for research assistance.

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  • History
  • History and Philosophy of Science

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