Voices of emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / / edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer
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Voices of emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / / edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973/.0496073 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - History - 1863-1877 |
| African Americans - Social conditions - 19th century | |
| Slavery - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Slaves - Emancipation - United States | |
| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) | |
| African American soldiers - Pensions | |
| African American sailors - Pensions | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Armed Forces African Americans History 19th century Sources |
| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans Sources | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
RegosinElizabeth Ann
ShafferDonald Robert
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : complete sample documents. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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, o |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Voices of emancipation |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-7734-1 |
| 0-8147-7626-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454392503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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