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9780842028172

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780842028172

  • ISBN10:

    084202817X

  • Format: Paperback
  • 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 ix
Introduction xiii
Abraham Lincoln: A Reluctant Friend
1(24)
Unwanted Participants: Service in the War
25(54)
Free At Last: The Shackles Are Broken
79(28)
A Working Class of People: The Struggle to Gain Economic Independence
107(22)
We Can Now Live as One: The Reunification of the Family
129(32)
Get Us Some Education: The Efforts of Blacks to Educate Themselves
161(24)
Our Own Houses of Worship: Black Churches during Reconstruction
185(26)
We Intend to Have Our Rights: Political and Social Activists in Post-Civil War America
211(22)
Notes 233(34)
Bibliographical Essay 267(6)
Index 273

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