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

"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)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • If we are not citizens, then what are we? To 1861
  • A white man's war? April 1861-December 1862
  • Decision time : January-August 1863
  • Contracts of war : September 1864-April 1865
  • Making black service matter : 1865-1883.