Charles Fuller Freedom's Journey (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Freedom's JourneyCondition: NewSubtitle: African American Voices of the Civil WarEAN: 9781556525216ISBN: 9781556525216Publisher: Chicago Review PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/01/2004Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 798gContributor: Charles Fuller (Foreword by), Donald Yacovone (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureBook Series: Library of Black America seriesTopic: Social Sciences, History, Military HistoryDescription: Some were slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters; some were soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights; some were reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. Here, for the first time, are collected the testimonies of African Americans who witnessed the Civil War. They include the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R. Delany on his meeting with Lincoln to gain permission to raise an army of African Americans; Susie King Taylor on her life as a laundress and nurse to a Union regiment in the deep South; Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress, on Abraham Lincoln's journey to Richmond after its fall; Elijah P. Marrs on rising from slave to Union sergeant while fighting for his freedom in Kentucky; letters from black soldiers to black newspapers; and much more.Author: Charles FullerItem Width: 33mmRelease Year: 2004 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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