Slaves No More

Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

The three essays in this volume present an introduction and history of the emancipation of the slaves during the Civil War. The first essay traces the destruction of slavery by discussing the shift from a war for the Union to a war against slavery. The slaves are shown to have shaped the destiny of the nation through their determination to place their liberty on the wartime agenda. The second essay examines the evolution of freedom in occupied areas of the lower and upper South. The struggle of those freed to obtain economic independence in difficult wartime circumstances indicates conflicting conceptions of freedom among former slaves and slaveholders, Northern soldiers and civilians. The third essay demonstrates how the enlistment and military service of nearly 200,000 slaves hastened the transformation of the war into a struggle for universal liberty, and how this experience shaped the lives of these former slaves long after the war had ended.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-11-27
Mått:152 x 228 x 15 mm
Vikt:370 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:265
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521436922

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"Scholars familiar with the studies being produced by Berlin et al., Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 will welcome this compact volume as a succinct statement of the emancipation process emerging from the authors' larger edited works....Slaves No More provides a path to the cutting edge of scholarship in this field. Now, students need not rehash the old issues, but they can begin their studies with newly framed questions poignantly outlined by these skilled authors." The Journal of Southern History

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; The authors; Short titles and abbreviations; 1. The destruction of slavery, 1861–1865; 2. The wartime genesis of free labor, 1861–1865; 3. The black military experience, 1861–1867; Index.