Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina's Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era

More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. In Freedom for Themselves Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he provides a new understanding of the spectrum of black experience during and aftger the war.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Reid, Richard M.
Published: 02/10/2014
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781469615066
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.98d