African American Women During the Civil War.

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This study uses an abundance of primary sources to restore African American female participants in the Civil War to history by documenting their presence, contributions and experience. Free and enslaved African American women took part in this process in a variety of ways, including black female cha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forbes, Ella
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Studies in African American history and culture.
Temas:
1800-1899
African American women > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
Noires américaines > Histoire > 19e siècle.
African American women
African Americans
Women
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Noirs américains.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study uses an abundance of primary sources to restore African American female participants in the Civil War to history by documenting their presence, contributions and experience. Free and enslaved African American women took part in this process in a variety of ways, including black female charity and benevolence. These women were spies, soldiers, scouts, nurses, cooks, seamstresses, laundresses, recruiters, relief workers, organizers, teachers, activists and survivors. They carried the honor of the race on their shoulders, insisting on their right to be treated as ""ladies"" and knowi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (259 pages).
ISBN:9781136712821
1136712828

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