The slaves' war : the Civil War in the words of former slaves
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Author
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Status
Meadville Public Library
973.7 Ward
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973.7 Ward
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Biography.
Freedmen -- United States -- Biography.
Slaves -- Southern States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Freedmen -- United States -- Biography.
Slaves -- Southern States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-372) and index.
Description
The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ward, A. (2008). The slaves' war: the Civil War in the words of former slaves . Houghton Mifflin Co..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ward, Andrew, 1946-. 2008. The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ward, Andrew, 1946-. The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ward, Andrew. The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
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