Voices of emancipation

Voices of emancipation understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / [electronic resource] : edited by Elizabeth A. Regosin and Donald R. Shaffer. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xi, 217 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.

Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : complete sample documents.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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United States. Pension Bureau --Records and correspondence.


African Americans--History--1863-1877--Sources.
African Americans--Social conditions--19th century--Sources.
Slavery--History--United States--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--African Americans--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.


Electronic books.

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