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

Title
Slavery and freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era [electronic resource] / Jonathan A. Noyalas ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.
Author
Noyalas, Jonathan A.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]

Available Online

  • Available from home with a valid library card
  • Available onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors
  • Harrold, Stanley.
  • Miller, Randall M.
Description
1 online resource (xx, 226 pages) : illustrations, map.
Summary
"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 during the Civil War"--
Series Statement
Southern dissent
Uniform Title
  • Slavery and freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era (Online)
  • Southern dissent.
Alternative Title
Slavery and freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era (Online)
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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 March[ing] On"
ISBN
  • 9780813066868
  • 9780813057798 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020044325
OCLC
ssj0002451153
Author
Noyalas, Jonathan A.
Title
Slavery and freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era [electronic resource] / Jonathan A. Noyalas ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]
Series
Southern dissent
Southern dissent.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Harrold, Stanley.
Miller, Randall M.
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