The Negro's Civil War : how American Blacks felt and acted during the war for the Union /
In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson narrates the experience of blacks -- former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people -- during the Civil War. Drawing on contemporary journalism, speeches, books, and letters, he pre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Incorporated,
2003.
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| Edition: | First Vintage Civil War library edition. |
| Series: | Vintage Civil War library.
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description View cover image provided by Mackin Cover image |
| Summary: | In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson narrates the experience of blacks -- former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people -- during the Civil War. Drawing on contemporary journalism, speeches, books, and letters, he presents an eclectic chronicle of their fears and hopes as well as their essential contributions to their own freedom. Through the words of these extraordinary participants, both Northern and Southern, McPherson captures African-American responses to emancipation, the shifting attitudes toward Lincoln and the life of black soldiers in the Union army. Above all, we are allowed to witness the dreams of a disenfranchised people eager to embrace the rights and the equality offered to them, finally, as citizens. - Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1965 and subsequently in slightly different form by Ballentin Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1991"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400033904 140003390X |