African American southerners in slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction
By: by Claude H. Nolen.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- To 1863.; African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.; Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865.; Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Southern States -- Race relations.
Description: "This work documents the many roles filled by Southern blacks in the last decades of slavery, the Civil War years, and the following period of Reconstruction. African Americans suffered and resisted bondage in virtually every aspect of their lives, but preserved through centuries of brutality to their present place at the center of American life.

Utilizing statements made by former slaves and other sources close to them, the author takes a close look at the culture and lifestyle of this proud people in the final decades of slavery, their experiences of being in the military and fighting in the Civil War, and the active role taken by the Southern blacks during Reconstruction."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Bibliographical Essay": p. 209-213.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: LAST DECADES OF SLAVERY; title: 1. Cabins and Quarters; Food and Clothing; title: 2. Religion, Education, Medicine, and Recreation; title: 3. Marriage and the Family; Slave Trade and the Family; title: 4. Runaways; Crimes and Punishment; title: 5. Slave Labor and Labor Management PART TWO: CIVIL WAR; title: 6: Experience of War; title: 7. The Military and the Slaves; title: 8. Black Fighting Men PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTION; title: 9. First Freedom; title: 10. Politics and the Ku Klux Klan; title: 11. Education and Religion; title: 12. Sharecroppers, Laborers, and Businessmen Notes; title: Bibliographical Essay; title: Index.