Embattled freedom : journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps /
Taylor, Amy Murrell,
Embattled freedom : journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps / Amy Murrell Taylor. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource : illustrations, maps - Civil War America .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Securing work -- Finding shelter -- Confronting removal -- Facing combat -- Battling hunger -- Clothing bodies -- Keeping faith -- Grappling with loss.
"The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of the Union army as it moved deep into the heart of the Confederacy. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands more followed in a mass exodus from slavery that would destroy the system once and for all. Drawing on an extraordinary survey of slave refugee camps throughout the country, Embattled Freedom reveals as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees from slavery as they made their way through the vast landscape of army-supervised camps that emerged during the war."--Publisher's description
9781469643632 9781469643649
United States. Army --History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis. Army --Histoire--Guerre de Sécession, 1861-1865.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
Refugee camps--History--Southern States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
E453 / .E433 2018
Embattled freedom : journeys through the Civil War's slave refugee camps / Amy Murrell Taylor. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource : illustrations, maps - Civil War America .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Securing work -- Finding shelter -- Confronting removal -- Facing combat -- Battling hunger -- Clothing bodies -- Keeping faith -- Grappling with loss.
"The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of the Union army as it moved deep into the heart of the Confederacy. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands more followed in a mass exodus from slavery that would destroy the system once and for all. Drawing on an extraordinary survey of slave refugee camps throughout the country, Embattled Freedom reveals as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees from slavery as they made their way through the vast landscape of army-supervised camps that emerged during the war."--Publisher's description
9781469643632 9781469643649
United States. Army --History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis. Army --Histoire--Guerre de Sécession, 1861-1865.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
Refugee camps--History--Southern States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
E453 / .E433 2018