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How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Covey, Herbert C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slave narratives.
- Enslaved persons.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- United States.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Slave narratives--United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
- Contents:
- The Works Progress Administration narratives and the Civil War
- Civil War living conditions for slaves
- Ex-slave accounts of battles
- Taking sides: acts of resistance and loyalty during the Civil War
- Slave involvement with the union military
- Slave involvement with the confederate military
- The day the yankees came
- How the slaves saw major figures of the war
- Freedom and what came after.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781440828232
- 1440828237
- OCLC:
- 856053797
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