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05086aam a2200505 i 4500 001 ACBE709C851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 220311t20232023lauab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022011975 020 $a 0807177997 020 $a 9780807177990 035 $a (OCoLC)1306217995 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ABJ $d IMD $d YDX $d UKMGB $d YUS $d IMF $d LML $d MUU $d XII $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E453 $b .C493 2023 100 1 $a Cimprich, John, $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Navigating liberty : $b Black refugees and antislavery reformers in the Civil War South / $c John Cimprich. 246 30 $a Black refugees and antislavery reformers in the Civil War South 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xi, 226 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Conflicting worlds: new dimensions of the American Civil War 500 $a "Geographically, the book's focus is on the federally occupied areas with slavery, plus a few peripheral locations. Chronologically, except for limited discussion of background and aftermath, the work covers from the war's beginning through the end of May 1865."--Preface. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-215) and index. 520 $a "As thousands of African Americans freed themselves from slavery during the American Civil War, they launched the major social change of emancipation. Hundreds of northern antislavery reformers responded by working with them in the federally occupied South. The formerly enslaved Black refugees generally could bring little or no property to help them build a free life but could contribute labor and skills. They maintained pressure for new privileges. The relief workers, especially when organized by aid associations and serving under military personnel charged with supervising the freedom seekers, could draw upon more resources and exert some influence on programs. The two groups brought views and practices from their backgrounds, which could help or trouble the transition out of slavery. Enslaved Blacks had learned to act with independent-mindedness and wariness when dealing with whites. They resented the northerners' preconceptions and attempts to control the transition, especially the use of force. Some disgruntled formerly enslaved Blacks even evaded or opposed programs created for them. Conflicts occasionally led to program modifications but frequently moved Blacks to seek more autonomy. Still, working together did result in some accomplishments. In an exhaustive analysis of that interaction, John Cimprich shows how the unusual circumstances opened new possibilities, spawned social movements for change, generated challenges, and produced limited results. His work is the first comprehensive study of the two groups' collaboration and conflict, adding an essential chapter to the history of slavery's end in the United States. Cimprich suggests that federal policy affected much of that interaction but that individuals' attitudes also played a key role. While Blacks saw themselves as equal humans, only a minority of white reformers shared that view. Over time, most Black refugees came to appreciate the reformers' idealism and charity while maintaining a degree of distance because of reformers' critical views. In the end, both groups' ongoing efforts to gain formerly enslaved Blacks new privileges ultimately led to social change. Cimprich's study is sure to be of interest to historians of slavery and the Civil War."-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Initial interactions. First encounters -- Provision of necessities -- Seeking new privileges -- Later eevelopments. Emancipation -- Providing necessities for more -- Wage labor -- Church and community -- Education -- Freedpeople and reformers at the war's end. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Freed persons $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Social change $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Social aspects. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Social aspects. 650 6 $a Mouvements antiesclavagistes $z Etats-Unis $x Histoire $y 19e siecle. 651 6 $a Etats-Unis $x Aspect social. $y 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) $x Aspect social. 650 7 $a Antislavery movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810800 650 7 $a Freed persons. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933987 650 7 $a Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354981 650 7 $a Social change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122310 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Cimprich, John. $t Navigating liberty $d Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022] $z 9780807178782 $w (DLC) 2022011976 830 0 $a Conflicting worlds 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025650.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ACBE709C851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search