Book Review| April 01 2018 The Politics of Black Citizenship: Free African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic Borderland, 1817–1863 The Politics of Black Citizenship: Free African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic Borderland, 1817–1863. By Andrew K. Diemer. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2016. 253 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $49.95 (cloth). Bridget Ford Bridget Ford California State University, East Bay Bridget Ford is Professor of History at California State University, East Bay. The University of North Carolina Press published her book, Bonds of Union: Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland, in 2016. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2018) 37 (3): 112–114. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.37.3.0112 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Bridget Ford; The Politics of Black Citizenship: Free African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic Borderland, 1817–1863. Journal of American Ethnic History 1 January 2018; 37 (3): 112–114. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.37.3.0112 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of American Ethnic History Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.