Freeman
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Freeman is a historical novel by Leonard Pitts Jr. that explores the struggles and hopes of formerly enslaved people in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freeman canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Leonard Pitts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
conditions of freed slaves
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social tensions in the postwar South ⓘ violence against African Americans after the Civil War ⓘ |
| explores |
institutional racism in the Reconstruction era
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love and loyalty under oppression ⓘ psychological impact of slavery ⓘ transition from slavery to freedom ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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war fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocus | African American experience ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Emancipation in the United States
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Reconstruction policies in the American South ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | African American literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aftermath of slavery
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effects of the American Civil War ⓘ family separation and reunion ⓘ freedom ⓘ hope and resilience ⓘ journey and quest ⓘ racial identity ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
search for lost family members
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struggles of freedmen after the Civil War ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| protagonistType | formerly enslaved people ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Reconstruction era
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post–American Civil War ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African American history
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American Civil War aftermath ⓘ Reconstruction in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeOfAction |
1860s
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1870s ⓘ |
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