Voices of emancipation [electronic resource] : understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer.
Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2008.Description: xi, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s):- United States. Pension Bureau -- Records and correspondence
- African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Sources
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Sources
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources
- African American soldiers -- Pensions
- African American sailors -- Pensions
- United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Sources
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- E185.2 .V65 2008eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : complete sample documents.
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