Title: African American southerners in slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction
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.
Subjects: 19th century, African Americans, History, Race relations, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Slavery, Slaves, Social conditions, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Slavery, united states, history, Southern states, history, Southern states, race relations, Southern states, social conditions, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans, Ethnische Beziehungen, Sklaverei, Afro-Americans, Südstaaten, Reconstruction
Places: Southern States, United States
Time periods: 1775-1865, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, To 1863