Freedom's crescent : the Civil War and the destruction of slavery in the lower Mississippi Valley /
This book is written for both specialists and a general audience. It addresses interpretive questions that are important to specialists on emancipation and the Civil War and for general readers it weaves into a coherent narrative the war's military history, political developments and the "...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | Cambridge studies on the American South.
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| Summary: | This book is written for both specialists and a general audience. It addresses interpretive questions that are important to specialists on emancipation and the Civil War and for general readers it weaves into a coherent narrative the war's military history, political developments and the "on-the-ground" destruction of slavery. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-500) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108424097 1108424090 9781108439343 1108439349 |