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Marching toward freedom; the Negro in the Civil War, 1861-1865

Title
Marching toward freedom; the Negro in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [by] James M. McPherson.
Author
McPherson, James M.
Publication
  • New York, Alfred A. Knopf [1968]
  • ©1967

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Description
181 pages illustrations, music, portraits; 22 cm.
Summary
Using a wide variety of primary sources, examines the Afro-Americans's role in and contribution to the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War and the resulting change in their position as citizens.
Series Statement
Living history library
Uniform Title
Living history library.
Subject
  • 1861-1865
  • African Americans
  • United States > History > African Americans. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 173-175.
Contents
Less than a Citizen -- "This is a White Man's War -- Freedom Comes -- "No More Auction Block for Me" -- Working behind the Lines -- "We are Colored Yankee Soldiers, Now" -- The Negro can Fight -- "The Question is Settled; Negros Will Fight" -- Discrimination in the Union Army -- Civil War and Civil Rights -- Petitioning for the Ballot -- Forty Acres and a Schoolhouse -- "Was the War in Vain"
LCCN
67018585
OCLC
  • ocm00171352
  • 171352
  • SCSB-196526
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library