| Description |
506 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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| Series |
The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
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Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-489) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Phantoms of Freedom -- Part I. Time. Linear Chronology -- Recurring Seasons -- Revolutionary Time -- Part II. Space. Panoramas -- Confines -- Tremors and Whirlpools -- Part III. Home. Our Home and Country -- The Blessings of a Home -- The Home of the Brave -- Epilogue : Illusions of Emancipation. |
| Summary |
"There are many controversies and chronic misconceptions surrounding the idea of emancipation in the nineteenth-century United States. Much recent scholarship has sought to address these misconceptions ... Reidy further enriches and complicates our understanding of emancipation in the context of the Civil War. Drawing us back to testimonies of participants and contemporary witnesses of the era and synthesizing the perspectives of subsequent observers, Reidy reveals emancipation as a long, messy process, with contingencies that clustered around the categories of time, place, and person ... Reidy's thematic approach allows him to shed new light on the wide-ranging and diverse expressions and experiences of freedom as it came suddenly, slowly, or not at all"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- History.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00799698
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Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
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Slaves -- Emancipation.
(OCoLC)fst01120540
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781469648361 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1469648369 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781469648378 electronic book |
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