03924nam 2200985 a 450 991082662210332120240516125626.00-8147-7734-10-8147-7626-410.18574/nyu/9780814777343(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(DE-B1597)548432(DE-B1597)9780814777343(EXLCZ)99100000000053397520071105d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVoices of emancipation understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files /edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer1st ed.New 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 centurySourcesEnslaved personsEmancipationUnited StatesSourcesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)SourcesAfrican American soldiersPensionsAfrican American sailorsPensionsUnited StatesArmed ForcesAfrican AmericansHistory19th centurySourcesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African AmericansSourcesBureau.Mining.Pension.US.Voices.black.case.emancipation.files.first-hand.freedom.invaluable.military.perspective.provides.service.slavery.African AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsSlaveryHistoryEnslaved personsEmancipationReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)African American soldiersPensions.African American sailorsPensions.973/.0496073Regosin Elizabeth Ann1605858Shaffer Donald Robert1605859MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826622103321Voices of emancipation3931331UNINA