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Time full of trial [[electronic resource] ] : the Roanoke Island freedmen's colony, 1862-1867 / / Patricia C. Click



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Autore: Click Patricia Catherine Visualizza persona
Titolo: Time full of trial [[electronic resource] ] : the Roanoke Island freedmen's colony, 1862-1867 / / Patricia C. Click Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
Disciplina: 975.6/175
Soggetto topico: Freed persons - North Carolina - Roanoke Island - History - 19th century
Freed persons - North Carolina - Roanoke Island - Social conditions - 19th century
African Americans - Missions - North Carolina - Roanoke Island - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans
North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
Roanoke Island (N.C.) History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. This Important Victory; 2. An African Village of Grand Proportions; 3. A New Social Order; 4. Tossed Upon a Sea of Troubles; 5. Letting In the Light; 6. Stamp Down or Troden Under Feet; 7. No Foot of Land Do They Possess; 8. And the Partings Are Sad; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: In February 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Roanoke Island. As word spread that the Union army had established a foothold in eastern North Carolina, slaves from the surrounding area streamed across Federal lines seeking freedom. By early 1863, nearly 1,000 refugees had gathered on Roanoke Island, working together to create a thriving community that included a school and several churches. As the settlement expanded, the Reverend Horace James, an army chaplain from Massachusetts, was appointed to oversee the establishment of a freedmen's colony
Titolo autorizzato: Time full of trial  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908724-6-3
0-8078-7540-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827854503321
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