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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782833103321

Autore

Click Patricia Catherine

Titolo

Time full of trial [[electronic resource] ] : the Roanoke Island freedmen's colony, 1862-1867 / / Patricia C. Click

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

979-88-908724-6-3

0-8078-7540-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

975.6/175

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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,



working together to create a thriving community that included a school and several churches. As the settlement expanded, the Reverend Horace James, an army chaplain from Massachusetts, was appointed to oversee the establishment of a freedmen's colony