John Washington's Civil War
Subtitle: A Slave Narrative
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: April 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780807133026
Subjects: Historical - General; United States - Civil War; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: American
Description: "In 1872, just seven years after his emancipation, a thirty-four year old former slave named John Washington penned the story of his life, calling it "Memories of the Past." One hundred and twenty years later, in the early 1990s, historian Crandall Shifflett stumbled upon Washington's forgotten manuscript at the Library of Congress while researching Civil War Fredericksburg. Over the ensuing decade, Shifflett sought to learn more about this Virginia slave and the people and events he so vividly portrays."--Cover.