The Black experience in the Civil War South / Stephen V. Ash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ash, Stephen V.

Series:

Reflections on the Civil War era.

Reflections on the Civil War era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Enslaved persons--Southern States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

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

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Southern States.

Plantation life--Southern States--History--19th century.

Plantation life.

Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Prager, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Black Experience in the Civil War South is the first comprehensive study of the Southern black wartime experience to appear in a generation. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this thematically organized book does justice to the richness of its subject, looking at the lives of blacks in the Confederate states and the nonseceding Southern states; at blacks on farms and plantations and in towns and cities; at blacks employed in industry and the military; and at black men, women, and children. ||Drawing on memoirs, autobiographies, and other original source materials, the author detai

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Freedom Delayed; Chapter Two: Life and Labor on the Land; Chapter Three: Beyond the Plantation; Chapter Four: Gaining Freedom; Chapter Five: Experiencing Freedom; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612486234

9781282486232

1282486233

9780313042041

0313042047

OCLC:

578666044