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English
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"George Scott peered at the nearby Union fortress. Something miraculous was taking place! Three enslaved men had entered but had not been cast out. To Scott, the fortress must be a sanctuary. A place where the three would be safe from capture and harm--never to return to the Confederate South. But exactly why were they granted refuge? Scott left the woods where he had been hiding and joined others in line to enter the fortress. Once inside, his knowledge...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Interweaving hundreds of interviews with excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoirs, a narrative history of the American Civil War captures the story of the conflict from the perspective of the African-American slaves who played a role.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Two slave narratives that document the experiences of runaway slaves who managed to reach the protection of Union forces are accompanied by biographies of both men that reconstruct their childhoods, escape, Civil War service, and successful later lives.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Generations of American history students have grown up believing that slave rebellion was relatively rare, that slaves accepted their lot and became attached to their masters, and that they were ultimately liberated with little or no effort of their own. Centering Black voices and slave narratives, celebrated historian and children's book author, William Loren Katz offers a thoroughly researched look at the lives of enslaved people in the United...
11) "All cut to pieces and gone to hell": the Civil War, race relations, and the Battle of Poison Spring
Publisher
August House
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the...
15) I can't wait to call you my wife: African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of letters exchanged between African Americans during the Civil War era"--
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