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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
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Author: Richard S. Newman, Eric Foner
Publication Name: Beyond Freedom : Disrupting the History of Emancipation
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Series: Uncivil Wars Ser.
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
