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): 9780742573864, 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 Friend	p. 1
Unwanted Participants: Service in the War	p. 25
"Free at Last": The Shackles Are Broken	p. 79
A "Working Class of People": The Struggle to Gain Economic Independence	p. 107
"We Can Now Live as One": The Reunification of the Family	p. 129
"Get Us Some Education": The Efforts of Blacks to Educate Themselves	p. 161
"Our Own Houses of Worship": Black Churches during Reconstruction	p. 185
"We Intend to Have Our Rights": Political and Social Activists in Post-Civil War America	p. 211
Notes	p. 233
Bibliographical Essay	p. 267
Index	p. 273
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