Title: Day of jubilo : Civil War and the demise of slavery in the Mississippi Valley, 1861-1865 /
Authors: Robinson, Armstead L.
Year: 1976
Subjects: United States.; United States.; Slavery Mississippi River Valley.; African Americans Mississippi River Valley Social conditions; Fugitive slaves Legal status, laws, etc. Mississippi River Valley History; Slavery Mississippi River Valley History; Slaves Emancipation Mississippi River Valley History; Mississippi River Valley History
Contents: In fear of darkness playing thunder: insurrection anxiety and Confederate mobilization, 1859-1863 -- "Wid Marster Gon', Misstus Alon' in de big house": slavery amidst scarcity and the challenge of agricultural adjustment, 1861-1863 -- Pressing labor: the Confederate Army and Mississippi Valley slavery, 1861-1864 -- Seeking freedom under difficulties: runaway slaves in the Mississippi Valley, 1860-1863 -- "Running de darkies to safety": migratory masters and the preservation of slavery, 1861-1865 -- Trampled beneath the iron hoof of war: Union soldiers and the Fugitive Slave Law, 1861-1863 -- Carrying the war into Africa: slave families and the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862-1865.