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Out of this strife will come freedom : free people of color and the Fight for equal rights in the Civil War era / Warren Eugene Milteer, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milteer, Warren E., Jr., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free African Americans--Political activity.
- Free African Americans.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights workers--United States--History--19th century.
- Civil rights workers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield.Their unique status as already free persons before emancipation shaped their experiences of military service, political activism, and community life in ways distinct from those newly freed from slavery and impacted how...
- Contents:
- Expanding freedom in the north
- Preserving liberty in the south
- The northern war for equality
- Saving freedom in a divided south
- Reconstruction, equality, and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Milteer, Warren Eugene, Jr. Out of this strife will come freedom.
- ISBN:
- 1469695022
- 9781469695013
- 1469695014
- 9781469695020
- OCLC:
- 1574119795
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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