Searching for Black Confederates : The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth /

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In addition to tracking the evolution of the black Confederate myth, this book explores the roles that African Americans performed in the army with a particular focus on the relationship between officers and their personal body servants or camp slaves. In contrast to claims that these men served as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levin, Kevin M., 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Confederate States of America. > Army.
Confederate States of America. > Army > African American troops.
African American soldiers.
Slaves.
Military participation > African American.
Armed Forces > African American troops.
African Americans.
HISTORY > African American.
Militaires noirs americains > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > États confederes d'Amerique.
Noirs americains > États confederes d'Amerique.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Confederate States of America.
African Americans > Confederate States of America.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The camp slaves' war
  • Camp slaves on the battlefield
  • Camp slaves and the lost cause
  • Camp slaves and pensions
  • Turning camp slaves into black Confederate soldiers
  • Black Confederates on the front lines of the Civil War sesquicentennial.

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