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03410aam a2200493 i 4500 001 B1BB28CCB0F211E4ADA758E4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150210010111 008 140129s2014 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2013044583 020 $a 1107602491 (paperback) 020 $a 9781107602496 (paperback) 020 $a 1107016495 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107016491 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)869548823 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OKN $d MEU $d OCLCO $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E540.N3 $b W55 2014 050 00 $a E540.N3 $b W55 2014 084 $a HIS036040 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Williams, David, $d 1959- 245 10 $a I freed myself : $b African American self-emancipation in the Civil War era / $c David Williams, Valdosta State University, Georgia. 264 1 $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a x, 266 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 546 $a Text in English. 505 0 $a Introduction: following the footsteps of slaves; 1. 'Yes, we all shall be free': pressing the nation toward freedom; 2. 'Shedding the first blood': forcing a war for freedom; 3. 'Ready to die for liberty': expanding the boundaries of freedom; 4. 'Full equality before the law': claiming the rights of freedom; 5. 'All we ask is justice': continuing struggles for freedom. 520 $a "African Americans' Struggle for Freedom in the Civil War Era For a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant narrative of African American freedom in the Civil War era. However, David Williams suggests that this portrayal marginalizes the role that African American slaves played in freeing themselves. At the Civil War's outset, Lincoln made clear his intent was to save the Union rather than free slaves - despite his personal distaste for slavery, he claimed no authority to interfere with the institution. By the second year of the war, though, when the Union army was in desperate need of black support, former slaves who escaped to Union lines struck a bargain: they would fight for the Union only if they were granted their freedom. Williams importantly demonstrates that freedom was not simply the absence of slavery but rather a dynamic process enacted by self-emancipated African American refugees, which compelled Lincoln to modify his war aims and place black freedom at the center of his wartime policies"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x African Americans. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x African Americans. 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, African American. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Participation, African American. 650 0 $a Slaves $x Emancipation $z United States. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African American soldiers $x History $y 19th century. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Views on slavery. 941 $a 7 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724072348.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018015159.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302015352.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021422.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20151031010217.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150520011752.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20150210011625.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B1BB28CCB0F211E4ADA758E4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search