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Embattled freedom, journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps, Amy Murrell Taylor

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Embattled freedom, journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps, Amy Murrell Taylor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Embattled freedom

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1076485396

Responsibility statement

Amy Murrell Taylor

Series statement

Civil War America

Sub title

journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps

Summary

"The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of the Union army as it moved deep into the heart of the Confederacy. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands more followed in a mass exodus from slavery that would destroy the system once and for all. Drawing on an extraordinary survey of slave refugee camps throughout the country, Embattled Freedom reveals as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees from slavery as they made their way through the vast landscape of army-supervised camps that emerged during the war." -- Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Introduction -- Edward and Emma Whitehurst in slavery -- Securing work -- Finding shelter -- Confronting removal -- Eliza Bogan in slavery -- Facing combat -- Battling hunger -- Clothing bodies -- Gabriel Burdett in slavery -- Keeping faith -- Grappling with loss -- Epilogue

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