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Embattled freedom : journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps / Amy Murrell Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Amy Murrell, author.
- Series:
- Civil War America (Series)
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refugee camps--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Refugee camps.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
- Enslaved persons.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Refugees.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- 2018.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of the Union army as it moved deep into the heart of the Confederacy. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands more followed in a mass exodus from slavery that would destroy the system once and for all. Drawing on an extraordinary survey of slave refugee camps throughout the country, 'Embattled Freedom' reveals as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees from slavery as they made their way through the vast landscape of army-supervised camps that emerged during the war.
- Contents:
- Securing work
- Finding shelter
- Confronting removal
- Facing combat
- Battling hunger
- Clothing bodies
- Keeping faith
- Grappling with loss.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908534-2-4
- 979-88-908534-3-1
- 1-4696-4364-2
- 1-4696-4363-4
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