Slaves no more
three essays on emancipation and the Civil War
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Contributions
- Berlin, Ira, 1941- - Contributor
Publication
1992 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], England
Language
English
Word Count
60,750 words, Guess
Page Count
243 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1715910M
- ISBN-100521431026
- OCLC Control Number25915744
- OCLC Control Numberslavesnomorethre0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number92018299
and 2 more
- LibraryThing958054
- Goodreads5505180
Classifications
- DDC973.7/14
- LCCE453 .S59 1992
Alternate Titles
- Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867.
Description
The three essays in this volume present an introduction to 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 former slaves long after the war had ended.
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