Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The - A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867

Klappentext As slavery collapsed during the American Civil War, former slaves struggled to secure their liberty, reconstitute their families, and create the institutions befitting a free people. This volume of Freedom, first published in 1993, presents a documentary history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South. At first, most federal officials hoped to mobilize former slaves without either transforming the conflict into a war of liberation or assuming responsibility for the young, the old, or others not suitable for military employment. But as the Union army came to depend upon black workers and as the number of destitute freed people mounted, authorities at all levels grappled with intertwined questions of freedom, labor and welfare. Meanwhile, the former slaves pursued their own objectives, working within the constraints imposed by the war and Union occupation to fashion new lives as free people. The Civil War sealed the fate of slavery only to open a contest over the meaning of freedom. This volume of Freedom documents an important chapter in that contest. Zusammenfassung As slavery collapsed during the American Civil War! former slaves struggled to secure their liberty! reconstitute their families! and create the institutions befitting a free people. This volume of Freedom! first published in 1993! presents a documentary history of the emergence of free-labor relations in different settings in the Upper South. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial methods; Symbols and abbreviations; Part I. The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: 1. Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina; 2. The district of Columbia; 3. Middle and East Tennessee and Northern Alabama; 4. Maryland; 5. Missouri; 6. Kentucky; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ira Berlin, Ira Miller Berlin, BERLIN IRA MILLER STEVEN F UNI
• Con la collaborazione di: Ira Berlin (Editore), Steven F. Miller (Editore), Miller Steven F. (Editore), Joseph P. Reidy (Editore), Reidy Joseph P. (Editore), Rowland Leslie S. (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405790
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40579-0
• Pagine: 816
• Serie: Freedom: A Documentary History; Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery