Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 (Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation)
Contributors: Ira Berlin (Editor); Barbara J. Fields (Editor); Thavolia Glymph (Editor); Joseph P. Reidy (Editor); Leslie S. Rowland (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 31, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 896
ISBN-13: 9780521229791
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Slavery & emancipation; United States - 19th Century; c 1800 to c 1900; Biography; United States - Civil War; Blacks In The U.S.; Slaves; History - General History; History; History: American; USA; Afro-Americans--History--1863-1877--Sources; History / United States / 19th Century; Sources; United States; 1863-1877; African Americans; Emancipation; Freedmen
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.