The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation [electronic resource] : African Americans and the fight for freedom / Glenn David Brasher.
Material type: TextSeries: Civil War AmericaPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 288 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9780807882528 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Peninsular Campaign, 1862 | Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African AmericanGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/415 LOC classification: E473.6 | .B73 2012Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: an evening on Malvern Hill -- Preludes: war, slavery, and the Virginia peninsula -- Contraband of war: April-July 1861 -- War is a swift educator: July-December 1861 -- The best informed residents in Virginia: December 1861-April 1862 -- The monuments to negro labor: April-May 1862 -- Those by whom these relations are broken: May 1862 -- An invaluable ally: late May-July 1862 -- A higher destiny: July 1862 -- Conclusion: monarchs of all they survey.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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