Gender and the Jubilee : Black Freedom and the Reconstruction of Citizenship in Civil War Missouri /

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"Gender and the Jubilee offers a re-examination of the legal legacy of the Civil War, with regard to African Americans, using Missouri as a case study with broader implications. As the United States transformed from a slaveholding republic into a modern nation-state, what were the mechanisms by...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Romeo, Sharon (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Army.
États-Unis. > Army > Histoire > Guerre de Secession, 1861-1865.
United States. > Army > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Legislation.
Civil-military relations.
Citizenship.
African Americans.
African American women > Civil rights.
Noires americaines > Droits > Missouri > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Droits > Missouri > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Missouri > Histoire > 19e siecle.
African American women > Civil rights > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Civil rights > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Citizenship > Missouri > History > 19th century.
African American women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Civil-military relations > Missouri > History > 19th century.
United States.
Missouri.
Missouri > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Noirs americains.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Noirs americains.
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Law and legislation.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Law and legislation.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "I told my mistress that the Union soldiers were coming" : Black citizenship in Civil War St. Louis
  • "A Negro woman is running at large in your city" : contraband women and the transformation of Union military policy
  • "A soldier's wife is free" : African American soldiers, their enslaved kin, and military citizenship
  • "The first morning of their freedom" : African American women, Black testimony, and military justice
  • The legacy of slave marriage : Freedwomen's marital claims and the process of emancipation
  • Epilogue.

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