Freedom for themselves : North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era /
More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he pro...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Civil War America (Series)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he provides a new understanding of the spectrum of black experience during and after the war. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-406) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780807837276 080783727X 9781469602264 1469602261 |