03397nam 2200745 a 450 991045439250332120200520144314.00-8147-7734-10-8147-7626-4(CKB)1000000000533975(EBL)865903(OCoLC)828303776(SSID)ssj0000268364(PQKBManifestationID)11193602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268364(PQKBWorkID)10234965(PQKB)10563614(MiAaPQ)EBC865903(OCoLC)244161263(MdBmJHUP)muse10408(Au-PeEL)EBL865903(CaPaEBR)ebr10268994(EXLCZ)99100000000053397520071105d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVoices 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. ShafferNew York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-7587-X 0-8147-7586-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : complete sample documents.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 the Civil War, the files are arguably among the earliest sources of ex-slaves reflecting on their lives, oAfrican AmericansHistory1863-1877SourcesAfrican AmericansSocial conditions19th centurySourcesSlaveryUnited StatesHistory19th centurySourcesSlavesEmancipationUnited StatesSourcesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)SourcesAfrican American soldiersPensionsAfrican American sailorsPensionsUnited StatesArmed ForcesAfrican AmericansHistory19th centurySourcesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African AmericansSourcesElectronic books.African AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsSlaveryHistorySlavesEmancipationReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)African American soldiersPensions.African American sailorsPensions.973/.0496073Regosin Elizabeth Ann986864Shaffer Donald Robert1056310MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454392503321Voices of emancipation2490599UNINA