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Author:
Covey, Herbert C.
Title:
How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
Publisher:
Praegeran Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
United States--African Americans.--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
Slaves--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slave narratives--United States.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Other Authors:
Eisnach, Dwight.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
Contents:
The Works Progress Administration narratives and the Civil War -- Civil War living conditions for slaves -- Ex-slave accounts of battles -- Taking sides: acts of resistance and loyalty during the Civil War -- Slave involvement with the union military -- Slave involvement with the confederate military -- The day the yankees came -- How the slaves saw major figures of the war -- Freedom and what came after.
ISBN:
1440828237 (alk. paper)
9781440828232 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)856053797
LCCN:
2013035030
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

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