Fighting for a Free Missouri : German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery /

""Fighting for a Free Missouri" features ten essays by scholars of German and American Studies, African American history, and sociology, that present contrasting perspectives on the political motives of Missouri German immigrants who fought against slavery before and during the Civil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Norton, Sydney (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military participation > German American.
German Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Abolitionists.
German Americans > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Missouri > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Missouri > History > 19th century.
German Americans > Missouri > Political activity > 19th century.
United States.
Missouri.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, German American.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:""Fighting for a Free Missouri" features ten essays by scholars of German and American Studies, African American history, and sociology, that present contrasting perspectives on the political motives of Missouri German immigrants who fought against slavery before and during the Civil War. The diverse perspectives in this book attest to the complexity of German immigrants' place in the American political and social landscape, and makes evident the central and positive role that German political activism has played in the material lives of people of color and the establishment of democratic values in Missouri and the country at large"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780826274939

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