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The Black experience in the Civil War South /
"Large numbers of slaves worked for the Confederate war effort as wagon drivers, munitions factory workers, and officers' body servants. But contrary to popular wisdom, the number that actually bore arms for the Confederacy was negligible. Truths such as this make for fascinating reading a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Prager,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Reflections on the Civil War era.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Large numbers of slaves worked for the Confederate war effort as wagon drivers, munitions factory workers, and officers' body servants. But contrary to popular wisdom, the number that actually bore arms for the Confederacy was negligible. Truths such as this make for fascinating reading as they reveal the reality of being a Southern black during this pivotal era." "The Black Experience in the Civil War South is the first comprehensive study of the Southern black wartime experience to appear in a generation. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this thematically organized book does justice to the richness of its subject, looking at the lives of blacks in the Confederate states and the nonseceding Southern states; at blacks on farms and plantations and in towns and cities; at those employed in industry and the military; and at black men, women, and children." "Drawing on memoirs, autobiographies, and other original source materials, the author details the experiences of blacks who took up residence in Union "contraband camps" and on free-labor plantations, and those who enlisted in the Union army. He introduces individuals who escaped from slavery, as well as the small minority of Southern blacks who were free when the war began. Most significantly, this revealing study deals, not only with those who gained freedom during the war, but those whose freedom came only after the conflict's end."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 127 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313042047 9780313042041 0275985245 9780275985240 9781282486232 1282486233 |