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Through the letters and testimony of freed slaves, this work tells the story of the making of the black family during the tumultuous era of the American Civil War. Former slaves, free blacks and their contemporaries recount their experiences.

Families And Freedom

A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era

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  • Paperback

    260 pages

  • Release Date

    8 November 1998

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Summary

A sequel to the award-winning Free at Last that includes moving letters from freed enslaved people to their familiesDrawn from the work of award-winning Freedmen and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland, Families and Freedom tells the story of the remaking of the black family during the tumultuous years of the Civil War era. Through the dramatic and moving letters and testimony of freed enslaved persons, the documents in Families and Freedom provide deep insight into the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781565844407
ISBN-10:1565844408
Author:Ira Berlin, Leslie S. Rowland
Publisher:The New Press
Imprint:The New Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:260
Release Date:8 November 1998
Weight:417g
Dimensions:155mm x 235mm
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Families And Freedom by Ira Berlin - ISBN: 9781565844407
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About The Author

Ira Berlin

Ira Berlin and Leslie S. Rowland, editors of Free at Last (The New Press), teach history at the University of Maryland. They are former and present directors, respectively, of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, which is compiling a multivolume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom.

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