03569oam 2200673I 450 991079994590332120240131142117.01-136-71281-X1-283-97052-X0-203-81511-41-136-71282-810.4324/9780203815113 (CKB)1000000000559142(EBL)1111772(OCoLC)826856044(SSID)ssj0000702701(PQKBManifestationID)11419857(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000702701(PQKBWorkID)10679977(PQKB)11527152(MiAaPQ)EBC1111772(Au-PeEL)EBL1111772(CaPaEBR)ebr10648182(CaONFJC)MIL428302(OCoLC)1000434052(OCoLC)825767775(FINmELB)ELB134362(EXLCZ)99100000000055914220180706d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican American women during the Civil War /Ella ForbesNew York :Garland,1998.1 online resource (259 p.)Studies in African American history and cultureStudies in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8153-3115-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: In History Before the People: Introduction; Chapter 2: Full of the Spirit of Freedom: Freedwomen and the System; Chapter 3: Fearing Shell Nor Shot: Soldiers, Spies, Recruiters & Other Heroes; Chapter 4: Supporting Themselves: Nurses, Laundresses, Cooks & Entrepreneurs; Chapter 5: Working for Our Own Elevation: Refugee Relief Activities; Chapter 6: Their Cause is Our Cause: Succoring African American SoldiersChapter 7: Ties of Consanguinity and Love: Teaching FreedpeopleChapter 8: Contending Against Outrage and Oppression: Civil Rights Activism; Chapter 9: Don't Fret for Me: Resisting By Surviving; Chapter 10: Eloquent Appeals: the Voice and Pen as Weapons; Chapter 11: The Honor of the Whole African Race on Her Shoulders: Conclusion; BibliographyThis study uses an abundance of primary sources to restore African American female participants in the Civil War to history by documenting their presence, contributions and experience. Free and enslaved African American women took part in this process in a variety of ways, including black female charity and benevolence. These women were spies, soldiers, scouts, nurses, cooks, seamstresses, laundresses, recruiters, relief workers, organizers, teachers, activists and survivors. They carried the honor of the race on their shoulders, insisting on their right to be treated as ""ladies"" and knowiStudies in African American History and CultureAfrican American womenHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African AmericansUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865WomenAfrican American womenHistory973.7/089/96073Forbes Ella1948-,1587599MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910799945903321African American women during the Civil War3875743UNINA