Description: Title: I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era Author: Williams, David Publisher: Cambridge University Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 275 Dimensions: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d Product Weight: 0.85 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781107602496 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. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 275 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: I Freed Myself : African American Struggle for Freedom in the Civil War Era
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State, United States / General, African American
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: David Williams
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
