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UNINA9910454392503321 |
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Titolo |
Voices of emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / / edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-7734-1 |
0-8147-7626-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RegosinElizabeth Ann |
ShafferDonald Robert |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - History - 1863-1877 |
African Americans - Social conditions - 19th century |
Slavery - United States - History - 19th century |
Slaves - Emancipation - United States |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
African American soldiers - Pensions |
African American sailors - Pensions |
Electronic books. |
United States Armed Forces African Americans History 19th century Sources |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans Sources |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : complete sample documents. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Voices of Emancipation seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in vivid detail, mining the case files of the U.S. Pension Bureau, which administered a huge pension system for Union veterans and their survivors in the decades following the Civil War. The files contain an invaluable, first-hand perspective of slavery, emancipation, black military service, and freedom. Moreover, as Pension Bureau examiners began interviewing black Union veterans and their families shortly after |
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