03568nam 2200793 a 450 991079226100332120230323231937.00-19-531586-30-19-803367-21-4237-4675-91-60256-796-497866105321861-280-53218-1(CKB)2560000000294357(EBL)3052109(OCoLC)922952721(SSID)ssj0000085985(PQKBManifestationID)11123898(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085985(PQKBWorkID)10025237(PQKB)10613966(SSID)ssj0001143634(PQKBManifestationID)12500038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143634(PQKBWorkID)11111915(PQKB)11131741(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074187(MiAaPQ)EBC3052109(Au-PeEL)EBL3052109(CaPaEBR)ebr10142525(CaONFJC)MIL53218(MiAaPQ)EBC279536(Au-PeEL)EBL279536(OCoLC)318373328(EXLCZ)99256000000029435720050408d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfederate emancipation[electronic resource] southern plans to free and arm slaves during the Civil War /Bruce LevineOxford, England ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514762-6 0-19-978886-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-241) and index.Contents; Introduction: The Puzzle of Confederate Emancipation; 1 "A Desperate Expedient": The Heresy and Its Origins, 1861-1864; 2 "What Did We Go to War For?": The Critics' Indictment; 3 Black and Gray: Slaves and the Confederate War Effort; 4 "We Can Devise the Means": The Long-Term Plan; 5 "On the Footing of Soldiers": Enacting and Implementing New Policy, 1864-1865; 6 "Like a Drowning Man Catching at Straws": Could It Have Worked?; Conclusion From Black Troops to Black Codes: "Confederate Emancipation" in War and Peace; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; HIJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YBruce Levine looks closely at Confederate plans to arm and free slaves. He offers an engaging and illuminating account of a fascinating and politically charged idea, setting it firmly in the context of the Civil War and the part played in it by the issue of slavery and the actions of the slaves themselves.Enslaved personsEmancipationConfederate States of AmericaEnslaved personsConfederate States of AmericaHistory19th centuryEnslaved personsSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryConfederate States of AmericaPolitics and governmentUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African AmericansConfederate States of AmericaRace relationsPolitical aspectsEnslaved personsEmancipationEnslaved personsHistoryEnslaved personsHistory973.7/14Levine Bruce C.1949-715760MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792261003321Confederate emancipation3671115UNINA