Fighting for citizenship : black Northerners and the debate over military service in the Civil War /

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"Understanding debates over African Americans' enlistment exposes a formative moment in the development of American citizenship: black Northerners' key demand was that military service earn full American citizenship for black men and women, a term that had no precise definition prior...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Brian (Brian M.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Colección:Civil War America (Series)
Temas:
1800-1899
Citizenship > United States > History.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
African Americans > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > History > 19th century.
Militaires noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African American soldiers
African Americans
Citizenship
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Noirs américains.
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Understanding debates over African Americans' enlistment exposes a formative moment in the development of American citizenship: black Northerners' key demand was that military service earn full American citizenship for black men and women, a term that had no precise definition prior to the Fourteenth Amendment. In articulating this demand, Taylor argues, black Northerners participated in the remaking of American citizenship itself--unquestionably one of the war's most important results"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469659794
1469659794

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