I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife: African American Letters of Love and Family in the Civil War Era

by Rita Roberts

Book Overview

This book honors the voices of African Americans of the Civil War era through their letters, inviting readers to engage personally with the Black historical experience.

Amidst bloody battles and political maneuvering, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold their families together. This moving book illuminates that struggle through the letters they exchanged. Despite harsh laws against literacy and brutal practices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797213725
• ISBN13: 9781797213729
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.4" x 10.3"