Break Those Chains at Last: African Americans 1860-1880

by Noralee Frankel

We thought we'd break those chains at last, sang the slaves, hoping such spirituals would sustain them until the Confederacy surrendered and slavery was gone forever. During the Civil War, blacks served in the Union army and navy (although some fought for the South) and in Union-controlled
camps, which harbored fleeing slaves. Not all slaves escaped, but even those who remained with their masters began to imagine a new life.
After the war,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195087984
• ISBN13: 9780195087987
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12