The Fire of Freedom : Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War /

"Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and...

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Autor principal: Cecelski, David S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Galloway, Abraham H., > 1837-1870.
Secret service.
Military participation > African American.
Fugitive slaves.
African Americans.
African American legislators.
African American abolitionists.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Parlementaires noirs americains > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
Abolitionnistes noirs americains > Biographies.
Esclaves fugitifs > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
African American legislators > North Carolina > Biography.
African American abolitionists > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > North Carolina > Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > North Carolina.
United States.
North Carolina.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Noirs americains.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Prologue: New Bern, North Carolina, May 1863
  • At River's Edge
  • The Secret Feelings of Their Hearts
  • A Second John Brown
  • Spies All Their Lives
  • They Will Fight to the Death
  • My Harte Over Run with Joy
  • The Death of a Hero
  • The Meeting with Lincoln
  • Their Path to Freedom
  • God's Free Man
  • Soldiers of the Cross
  • In This Land We Will Remain
  • Loud Calls for Galloway
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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