LEADER 03569oam 2200673I 450 001 9910799945903321 005 20240131142117.0 010 $a1-136-71281-X 010 $a1-283-97052-X 010 $a0-203-81511-4 010 $a1-136-71282-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203815113 035 $a(CKB)1000000000559142 035 $a(EBL)1111772 035 $a(OCoLC)826856044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000702701 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11419857 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000702701 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10679977 035 $a(PQKB)11527152 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1111772 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1111772 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10648182 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL428302 035 $a(OCoLC)1000434052 035 $a(OCoLC)825767775 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134362 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000559142 100 $a20180706d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrican American women during the Civil War /$fElla Forbes 210 1$aNew York :$cGarland,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in African American history and culture 225 0$aStudies in African American history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8153-3115-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 Soldiers 327 $aChapter 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; Bibliography 330 $aThis study uses an abundance of primary sources to restore African American female participants in the Civil War to history by documenting their presence, contributions and experience. Free and enslaved African American women took part in this process in a variety of ways, including black female charity and benevolence. These women were spies, soldiers, scouts, nurses, cooks, seamstresses, laundresses, recruiters, relief workers, organizers, teachers, activists and survivors. They carried the honor of the race on their shoulders, insisting on their right to be treated as ""ladies"" and knowi 410 0$aStudies in African American History and Culture 606 $aAfrican American women$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xAfrican Americans 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xWomen 615 0$aAfrican American women$xHistory 676 $a973.7/089/96073 700 $aForbes$b Ella$f1948-,$01587599 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910799945903321 996 $aAfrican American women during the Civil War$93875743 997 $aUNINA