African American Southerners in Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction

by Claude Nolen

This work documents the many roles filled by Southern blacks in the last decades of slavery, the Civil War years, and the following period of Reconstruction. African Americans suffered and resisted bondage in virtually every aspect of their lives, but persevered through centuries of brutality to their present place at the center of American life. Utilizing statements made by former slaves and other sources close to them, the author takes a close...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786424516
• ISBN13: 9780786424511
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher