Race, slavery and the Civil War : the tough stuff of American history and memory / edited by James O. Horton and Amanda Kleintop.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horton, James Oliver.

Kleintop, Amanda.

Series:

Signature conference series.

Signature conference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History--1863-1877.

African Americans.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Slavery--United States--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 141 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Richmond, Va. : Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, 2011.

Contents:

Panel I: Race, Slavery and the Civil War: The role of the underground railroad as a cause of the CIvil War / Spencer Crew

Waterways to freedom: the underground railroad in Hampton Roads / Cassandra Newby-Alexander

The quest for black rights in the midst of war / Edna Greene Medford

Black soldiers and the struggle for equality during the American Civil War / Ira Berlin

The myth of black Confederates / Bruce Levine

Panel I discussion

Panel I question & answer

Panel II: The tough stuff of American history and memory

Slavery, freedom, and the union navy / James McPherson

John Washington: how, when, where and why emancipation happened / David Blight

The image of the Emancipation Proclamation in art and memory / Harold Holzer

Harriet Jacobs in the refugee camps / Jean Fagan Yellin

Addressing the causes of the Civil War in public history / Dwight T. Pitcaithley

Panel II discussion

Panel II question & answer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-137) and index.

ISBN:

9780983401209

0983401209

OCLC:

739722366