Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery: The African American History of America's Most Hallowed Ground

by Ric Murphy

From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476677301
• ISBN13: 9781476677309
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher