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9780842028165

Climbing Up to Glory A Short History of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction

by Jenkins, Wilbert L.
  • ISBN13:

    9780842028165

  • ISBN10:

    0842028161

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780842028165

  • Additional ISBN(s):

    9780842028172

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-01
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

The Civil War was undeniably an integral event in American history, but for African Americans, whose personal liberties were dependent upon its outcome, it was an especially critical juncture. In Climbing Up to Glory, Wilbert L. Jenkins explores thi

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abraham Lincoln: A Reluctant Friendp. 1
Unwanted Participants: Service in the Warp. 25
"Free at Last": The Shackles Are Brokenp. 79
A "Working Class of People": The Struggle to Gain Economic Independencep. 107
"We Can Now Live as One": The Reunification of the Familyp. 129
"Get Us Some Education": The Efforts of Blacks to Educate Themselvesp. 161
"Our Own Houses of Worship": Black Churches during Reconstructionp. 185
"We Intend to Have Our Rights": Political and Social Activists in Post-Civil War Americap. 211
Notesp. 233
Bibliographical Essayp. 267
Indexp. 273
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