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Slavery and freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era /

This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, showing how enslaved and free African Americans resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort in a borderland that changed hands frequently...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noyalas, Jonathan A. (Author)
Other Authors: Harrold, Stanley (author of foreword.), Miller, Randall M. (author or foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]
Series:Southern dissent.
Subjects:
African Americans > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • "In the Land of Bondage"
  • "The Effect was Immediate"
  • "To Call on All the Blacks"
  • "The Servants . . . Could Not be Conveniently Stored Away"
  • "Freedom to Slaves!"
  • "This Causes Great Excitement"
  • John Brown's "Soul is Marching On."