Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 18611867 (Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation)
Contributors: Ira Berlin (Editor); Steven F. Miller (Editor); Joseph P. Reidy (Editor); Leslie S. Rowland (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 26, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 814
ISBN-13: 9780521417426
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Slavery & emancipation; United States; c 1800 to c 1900; Civil War, 1861-1865; United States - 19th Century; Working class; Blacks In The U.S.; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); Sources; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - Civil War; USA; Emancipation; History / United States / 19th Century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Afro-Americans--Sources; Slaves; Southern States; 19th century; African Americans; Freedmen; History
First sentence: IN MID-MAY 1861, with the war only a month old, the first fugitive slaves arrived at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, an isolated federal outpost at the tip of the peninsula formed by the York and James rivers.