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UNINA9910782833103321 |
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Autore |
Click Patricia Catherine |
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Titolo |
Time full of trial [[electronic resource] ] : the Roanoke Island freedmen's colony, 1862-1867 / / Patricia C. Click |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908724-6-3 |
0-8078-7540-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Freed persons - North Carolina - Roanoke Island - History - 19th century |
Freed persons - North Carolina - Roanoke Island - Social conditions - 19th century |
African Americans - Missions - North Carolina - Roanoke Island - History - 19th century |
North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans |
North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
Roanoke Island (N.C.) History |
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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. [273]-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. This Important Victory; 2. An African Village of Grand Proportions; 3. A New Social Order; 4. Tossed Upon a Sea of Troubles; 5. Letting In the Light; 6. Stamp Down or Troden Under Feet; 7. No Foot of Land Do They Possess; 8. And the Partings Are Sad; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In February 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Roanoke Island. As word spread that the Union army had established a foothold in eastern North Carolina, slaves from the surrounding area streamed across Federal lines seeking freedom. By early 1863, nearly 1,000 refugees had gathered on Roanoke Island, |
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