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How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives

Title
How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
Author
Covey, Herbert C.
Publication
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]

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Additional Authors
Eisnach, Dwight.
Description
xvi, 270 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Enslaved persons > Southern States > History > 19th century
  • Slave narratives > United States
  • United States > History > African Americans. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > History > Social aspects. > Civil War, 1861-1865
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
Contents
The Works Progress Administration narratives and the Civil War -- Civil War living conditions for slaves -- Ex-slave accounts of battles -- Taking sides: acts of resistance and loyalty during the Civil War -- Slave involvement with the union military -- Slave involvement with the confederate military -- The day the yankees came -- How the slaves saw major figures of the war -- Freedom and what came after.
Call Number
Sc E 14-902
ISBN
  • 9781440828232 (alk. paper)
  • 1440828237 (alk. paper)
  • 9781440828249 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2013035030
  • 40023414418
OCLC
856053797
Author
Covey, Herbert C.
Title
How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
Added Author
Eisnach, Dwight.
Other Standard Identifier
40023414418
Research Call Number
Sc E 14-902
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