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Rites of August First

Rites of August First PDF Author: Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807135704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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In Rites of August First, J.R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of the origins, nature, and consequences of August First Daythe most important annual celebration of the emancipation of colonial slavery throughout the British Empire. Spanning the Western hemisphere, Kerr-Ritchie successfully unravels the cultural politics of emancipation celebrations, analyzing the social practices informed by public ritual, symbol, and spectacle designed to elicit feelings of common identity among blacks in the Atlantic world.