John Washington's Civil War: a slave narrative
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1. Verfasser: Washington, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press ©2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-101) and index
Preface; Introduction: Fredericksburg in 1838; Illustrations; Note on Editorial Method; 1. Childhood; 2. Slavery; 3. Left Alone; 4. Learning to Write; 5. Growing Up; 6. Finding a Wife; 7. The War Comes; 8. First Night of Freedom; 9. On the Move with the Union Army; 10. Unwelcome Home; 11. Finding Work; Appendix: John Washington's Geography; Notes; Bibliography; Index
In 1872, just seven years after his emancipation, a thirty-four-year-old former slave named John Washington penned the story of his life, calling it "Memorys of the Past." One hundred and twenty years later, historian Crandall Shifflett stumbled upon Washington's forgotten manuscript at the Library of Congress. JOHN WASHINGTONS CIVIL WAR presents this remarkable slave narrative in its entirety, with Shifflett's detailed annotations on the mundane and life-changing events that Washington witnessed and recorded. While joining the canon of better-known slave narratives by Frederick Doug
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 106 pages)
ISBN:0807134317
9780807133019
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