Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.
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In history before the people : introduction -- Full of the spirit of freedom : freedwomen and the system -- Fearing shell nor shot : soldiers, spies, recruiters & other heroes -- Supporting themselves : nurses, laundresses, cooks & entrepreneurs -- Working for our own elevation : refugee relief activities -- Their cause is our cause : succoring African American soldiers -- Ties of consanguinity and love : teaching freedpeople -- Contending against outrage and oppression : civil rights activism -- Don't fret for me : resisting by surviving -- Eloquent appeals : the voice and pen as weapons -- The honor of the whole African race on her shoulders.
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Title
African American women during the Civil War.
International Standard Book Number
0815331150
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American women-- History-- 19th century.
Noires américaines-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
African American women.
African Americans.
Frau.
Geschichte 1861-1865.
HISTORY-- United States-- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Schwarze Frau
Sezessionskrieg
Women.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.
États-Unis, Histoire, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession), Femmes.
États-Unis, Histoire, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession), Noirs américains.