Race, slavery and the Civil War
Subtitle: the tough stuff of American history and memory
By: edited by James O. Horton and Amanda Kleintop
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Richmond, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780983401209
Subjects: Emancipation; African American Participation; Slaves; Social aspects; African Americans; Slavery; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-137) and index.
Table of contents: title: Panel I: Race, Slavery and the Civil War: The role of the underground railroad as a cause of the CIvil War / Spencer Crew; title: Waterways to freedom: the underground railroad in Hampton Roads / Cassandra Newby-Alexander; title: The quest for black rights in the midst of war / Edna Greene Medford; title: Black soldiers and the struggle for equality during the American Civil War / Ira Berlin; title: The myth of black Confederates / Bruce Levine; title: Panel I discussion; title: Panel I question & answer; title: Panel II: The tough stuff of American history and memory; title: Slavery, freedom, and the union navy / James McPherson; title: John Washington: how, when, where and why emancipation happened / David Blight; title: The image of the Emancipation Proclamation in art and memory / Harold Holzer; title: Harriet Jacobs in the refugee camps / Jean Fagan Yellin; title: Addressing the causes of the Civil War in public history / Dwight T. Pitcaithley; title: Panel II discussion; title: Panel II question & answer.