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100 1 Williams, David,|d1959-
245 10 I freed myself :|bAfrican American self-emancipation in
the Civil War era /|cDavid Williams, Valdosta State
University, Georgia.
264 1 New York :|bCambridge University Press,|c2014.
300 x, 266 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm.
336 text|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
505 8 Introduction: following the footsteps of slaves; 1. 'Yes,
we all shall be free': pressing the nation toward freedom;
2. 'Shedding the first blood': forcing a war for freedom;
3. 'Ready to die for liberty': expanding the boundaries of
freedom; 4. 'Full equality before the law': claiming the
rights of freedom; 5. 'All we ask is justice': continuing
struggles for freedom.
520 "African Americans' Struggle for Freedom in the Civil War
Era For a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of
the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant
narrative of African American freedom in the Civil War
era. However, David Williams suggests that this portrayal
marginalizes the role that African American slaves played
in freeing themselves. At the Civil War's outset, Lincoln
made clear his intent was to save the Union rather than
free slaves - despite his personal distaste for slavery,
he claimed no authority to interfere with the institution.
By the second year of the war, though, when the Union army
was in desperate need of black support, former slaves who
escaped to Union lines struck a bargain: they would fight
for the Union only if they were granted their freedom.
Williams importantly demonstrates that freedom was not
simply the absence of slavery but rather a dynamic process
enacted by self-emancipated African American refugees,
which compelled Lincoln to modify his war aims and place
black freedom at the center of his wartime policies"--
|cProvided by publisher.
600 10 Lincoln, Abraham,|d1809-1865.
650 0 Slaves|xEmancipation|zUnited States.
650 0 African Americans|xHistory|y19th century.
650 0 African American soldiers|xHistory|y19th century.
651 0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865|xAfrican
Americans.
651 0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865
|xParticipation, African American.
