Edition |
First Vintage Civil War library edition. |
Description |
xviii, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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Vintage Civil War library |
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Vintage Civil War library.
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Note |
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1965, and subsequently in slightly different form by Ballentine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1991."--title page verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Preface to the 1991 edition -- Preface fto the First edition -- The election of 1860 and the coming of war -- The Negro's response to the war, 1861 -- The drive for emancipation : the Northern scene, 1861-65 -- Emancipation in the South, 1861-65 -- Anti-Negro mob violence in the North, 1862-63 -- The colonization issue -- The Negro's response to the charge of racial inferiority -- Government, philanthropy, and the Freedmen -- Negro missions to the Freedmen -- Negro contributions to the Union war effort -- Negro troops in the Union Army : initiation of a policy, 1862-63 -- Black troops from the North -- Negro soldiers prove themselves in battle, 1863 -- The struggle for equal pay -- Negro soldiers in the Union Army, 1863-64 -- Black troops in the final year of war -- The Confederate decision to raise a Negro army, 1864-65 -- Civil rights and desegregation in the North -- Wartime discussions of Reconstruction and Negro suffrage -- Land for the landless -- The Negro's attitude toward Lincoln, 1864-65 -- The Negro faces the future -- Appendix A : Negro and White population of the United States in 1860 -- Appendix B : Negro and White population of selected American cities in 1860. |
Summary |
In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson narrates the experience of blacks -- former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people -- during the Civil War. Drawing on contemporary journalism, speeches, books, and letters, he presents an eclectic chronicle of their fears and hopes as well as their essential contributions to their own freedom. Through the words of these extraordinary participants, both Northern and Southern, McPherson captures African-American responses to emancipation, the shifting attitudes toward Lincoln and the life of black soldiers in the Union army. Above all, we are allowed to witness the dreams of a disenfranchised people eager to embrace the rights and the equality offered to them, finally, as citizens. - Back cover. |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.
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African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.
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18.06 Anglo-American literature. (NL-LeOCL)077611985
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African American soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00799366
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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Military participation -- African American.
(OCoLC)fst01353696
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658 |
Chronological Term |
To 1899
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9781400033904 (paperback) |
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140003390X (paperback) |
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