02955nam 2200685Ia 450 991082212500332120200520144314.01-56976-995-81-55652-511-71-56976-993-1(CKB)2550000001134651(EBL)683860(OCoLC)714569582(SSID)ssj0000469337(PQKBManifestationID)11280840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469337(PQKBWorkID)10508726(PQKB)10847251(Au-PeEL)EBL683860(CaPaEBR)ebr10464632(CaONFJC)MIL534359(MiAaPQ)EBC683860(EXLCZ)99255000000113465120030821d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFreedom's journey African American voices of the Civil War /edited by Donald Yacovone1st ed.Chicago Lawrence Hill Booksc20041 online resource (609 pages)The Library of Black America series.Description based upon print version of record.1-55652-521-4 1-306-03108-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover ; Copyright ; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Freedom's Battlefield; Part II: Memory's Battlefield; Selected Reading List; IndexThe men and women represented in this book had the extraordinary opportunity of witnessing the end of a 200-year struggle for freedom: the Civil War. Gathered here are the stirring testimonies of many African Americans including slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters, soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights, and reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. These African American voices include the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R. Delany on his meeting with LinLibrary of Black America.African AmericansBiographySlavesUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American soldiersBiographyAfrican American political activistsBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African AmericansUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesAfrican AmericansSlavesAfrican American soldiersAfrican American political activists973.7/092/396073Yacovone Donald1666707MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822125003321Freedom's journey4088295UNINA