An edition of The Negro's Civil War: How Negroes Felt and Acted During the War for the Union (1965)

The Negro's Civil War

how American Blacks felt and acted during the war for the Union

1st Vintage Civil War library ed.

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An edition of The Negro's Civil War: How Negroes Felt and Acted During the War for the Union (1965)

The Negro's Civil War

how American Blacks felt and acted during the war for the Union

1st Vintage Civil War library ed.

by

  • 10 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading

Drawing on speeches, books, and letters to point out the military and political contributions and the feelings of African-Americans during the Civil War.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
366

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Subjects

United States Civil War, 1861-1865, African American Participation, Military participation, Nonfiction, African American, African Americans, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, African American soldiers, History, Sezessionskrieg, Noirs, Schwarze, Histoire, Noirs - États-Unis, Sources, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans, African americans, history

People

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), George H. Hepworth (1833-1902), Elizabeth Keckley (ca. 1818-1907)

Places

United State, the Contraband Relief Association of Washington, the Freedmen’s Friend Society in Brooklyn

Times

1863-1877, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, To 1863

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Cover of: The Negro's Civil War
The Negro's Civil War: how American Blacks felt and acted during the war for the Union
2003, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage Civil War library ed.
Cover of: The Negro's Civil War
The Negro's Civil War
1967-01-01, Vintage, 1967
in English
Cover of: The Negros Civil War
The Negros Civil War
1965, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The Negro's Civil War
The Negro's Civil War: how American Negroes felt and acted during the war for the Union
1965, Pantheon Books
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Table of Contents

Preface to the 1991 edition
Preface fto the First edition
The election of 1860 and the coming of war
The Negro's response to the war, 1861
The drive for emancipation : the Northern scene, 1861-65
Emancipation in the South, 1861-65
Anti-Negro mob violence in the North, 1862-63
The colonization issue
The Negro's response to the charge of racial inferiority
Government, philanthropy, and the Freedmen
Negro missions to the Freedmen
Negro contributions to the Union war effort
Negro troops in the Union Army : initiation of a policy, 1862-63
Black troops from the North
Negro soldiers prove themselves in battle, 1863
The struggle for equal pay
Negro soldiers in the Union Army, 1863-64
Black troops in the final year of war
The Confederate decision to raise a Negro army, 1864-65
Civil rights and desegregation in the North
Wartime discussions of Reconstruction and Negro suffrage
Land for the landless
The Negro's attitude toward Lincoln, 1864-65
The Negro faces the future
Appendix A : Negro and White population of the United States in 1860
Appendix B : Negro and White population of selected American cities in 1860

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-356) and index.
Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, 1991.

Published in
New York
Series
Vintage Civil War library
Copyright Date
1993

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/150396073
Library of Congress
E540.N3 M25 2003, E540.N3M25 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xviii, 366 p., [8] p. of plates
Number of pages
366
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3707121M
ISBN 10
140003390X
ISBN 13
9781400033904
LCCN
2003278254
OCLC/WorldCat
53315714
LibraryThing
321563
Goodreads
353189

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL51176W

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Work Description

In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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