Freedom's journey : African American voices of the Civil War / edited by Donald Yacovone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yacovone, Donald.

Series:

Library of Black America.

The Library of Black America series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American political activists--Biography.

African American political activists.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

African American soldiers--Biography.

African American soldiers.

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

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (609 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The men and women represented in this book had the extraordinary opportunity of witnessing the end of a 200-year struggle for freedom: the Civil War. Gathered here are the stirring testimonies of many African Americans including slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters, soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights, and reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. These African American voices include the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R. Delany on his meeting with Lin

Contents:

Cover ; Copyright ; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Freedom's Battlefield; Part II: Memory's Battlefield; Selected Reading List; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781569769959

1569769958

9781556525117

1556525117

9781569769935

1569769931

OCLC:

714569582