Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Slavery and emancipation -- The Civil War -- Postwar patterns -- Marriage and family -- Appendix : Complete sample documents.
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This book seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in detail by mining the case files of the U.S. Pension Bureau. These files contain first-hand perspective of slavery, emancipation, black military service, and freedom. It also explores the words of former slaves topically from recollections of slavery to life after emancipation.
United States.
United States.
African American sailors-- Pensions.
African American soldiers-- Pensions.
African Americans-- History-- 1863-1877, Sources.
African Americans-- Social conditions-- 19th century, Sources.