The Families' Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice

by Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.

Book Overview

This book tells the stories of freeborn northern African Americans in Philadelphia struggling to maintain families while fighting against racial discrimination. Taking a long view, from 1850 to the 1920s, Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. shows how Civil War military service worsened already difficult circumstances due to its negative effects on family finances, living situations, minds, and bodies. At least seventy-nine thousand African Americans served in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820361968
• ISBN13: 9780820361963
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"