Format:
Online-Ressource (203 p)
ISBN:
9780817311834
Content:
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 simply from a willingness to seize any opportunity for improving their lot. Both groups felt a sense of dignity that their slaves initi
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Institution and the Confederates; 2. The Master and Slave Relationship after Federal Occupation; 3. Federal Occupation and the Slave Code; 4. Black Ghettos and Contraband Camps; 5. Beginning of Economic and Social Reconstruction; 6. Black Military Service; 7. The Politics of Emancipation; 8. End of an Institution; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817380830
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817302573
Additional Edition:
Print version Slavery's End In Tennessee
Language:
English
Keywords:
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