Slavery's End in Tennessee

by John Cimprich

This is the first book-length work on wartime race relations in Tennessee, and it stresses the differences within the slave community as well as Military Governor Andrew Johnson's role in emancipation. In Tennessee a significant number of slaves took advantage of the disruptions resulting from federal invasion to escape servitude and to seek privileges enjoyed by whites. Some rushed into theses changes, believing God had ordained them; others acted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817302573
• ISBN13: 9780817302573
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"