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"Administering Freedom is an exceptional piece of scholarship -- a story both fascinating and largely untold . . . . superb.""--Matthew E. Stanley, Jacobin"

"Administering Freedom is an exceptional piece of scholarship -- a story both fascinating and largely untold . . . . superb.""--Matthew E. Stanley, Jacobin A compellingly told history of state power that displays how newly freed people contributed to the centralization of state bureaucracy. . . . [A] worthwhile and enlightening contribution to the post-Reconstruction period and the legal history of freedpeople.""-Journal of Southern History In an important, engaging, and well-researched book, Dale Kretz makes a valuable contribution to this scholarship and offers a distinctive, innovative perspective on African Americans' long battle for full citizenship.""-Journal of American History"

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Dale Kretz received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis and worked as a history professor for five years before leaving academia to become a labor representative. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.

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