ISBN:
9781469648361
Language:
English
Pages:
506 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
DDC:
305.896/07309034
Keywords:
Slaves Emancipation
;
History
;
Slavery History 19th century
;
African Americans Social conditions 19th century
;
History
;
USA
;
Abolitionismus
;
Sezessionskrieg
;
Sklaverei
;
Abschaffung
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"There are many controversies and chronic misconceptions surrounding the idea of emancipation in the nineteenth-century United States. Much recent scholarship has sought to address these misconceptions ... Reidy further enriches and complicates our understanding of emancipation in the context of the Civil War. Drawing us back to testimonies of participants and contemporary witnesses of the era and synthesizing the perspectives of subsequent observers, Reidy reveals emancipation as a long, messy process, with contingencies that clustered around the categories of time, place, and person ... Reidy's thematic approach allows him to shed new light on the wide-ranging and diverse expressions and experiences of freedom as it came suddenly, slowly, or not at all"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-489) and index
