Slaves No More Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War

Name: Slaves No More Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780521436922

ISBN-10: 0521436923

ISBN-13: 9780521436922

Edition: 1992

Authors: Ira Berlin, Barbara J. Fields, Steven F. Miller, Joseph P. Reidy, Leslie S. Rowland

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The three essays in this volume present an introduction to history of the emancipation of the slaves during the Civil War. The first essay traces the destruction of slavery by discussing the shift from a war for the Union to a war against slavery. The slaves are shown to have shaped the destiny of the nation through their determination to place their liberty on the wartime agenda. The second essay examines the evolution of freedom in occupied areas of the lower and upper South. The struggle of those freed to obtain economic independence in difficult wartime circumstances indicates conflicting conceptions of freedom among former slaves and slaveholders, Northern soldiers and civilians. The…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/27/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 265
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction


The Authors


Short Titles and Abbreviations



The Destruction of Slavery, 1861-1865



The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor, 1861-1865



The Black Military Experience, 1861-1867


Index