| Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War Contributor(s): Yacovone, Donald (Editor), Fuller, Charles (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1556525214 ISBN-13: 9781556525216 Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: A collection of testimonies from men and women who witnessed the end of a 200 year struggle for freedom: the Civil War. Part of the Library of Black America, which includes "Frederick Douglass and "I was Born a Slave |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 973.709 |
| LCCN: 2003018583 |
| Series: Library of Black America |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.08" W x 9.04" (1.75 lbs) 570 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Some were slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters; some were soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights; some were reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. Here, for the first time, are collected the testimonies of African Americans who witnessed the Civil War. They include the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R. Delany on his meeting with Lincoln to gain permission to raise an army of African Americans; Susie King Taylor on her life as a laundress and nurse to a Union regiment in the deep South; Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress, on Abraham Lincoln's journey to Richmond after its fall; Elijah P. Marrs on rising from slave to Union sergeant while fighting for his freedom in Kentucky; letters from black soldiers to black newspapers; and much more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fuller, Charles: - CA |