| Freedom's Soldiers Contributor(s): Berlin, Ira (Author), Reidy, Joseph Patrick (Author), Rowland, Leslie S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521632587 ISBN-13: 9780521632584 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 973.741 |
| LCCN: 98149583 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.29" W x 9.26" (0.91 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When nearly 200,000 black men, most of them former slaves, entered the Union army and navy, they transformed the Civil War into a struggle for liberty and changed the course of American history. Freedom's Soldiers tells the story of those men in their own words and the words of other eyewitnesses. These moving letters, affidavits, and memorials--drawn from the records of the National Archives--reveal the variety and complexity of the African-American experience during the era of emancipation. |