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When a “Slave Owner” Sought the Help of the Union Army in Re-Enslaving Black People

One experience that many Union soldiers had for the first time in their lives when they were marching through the Confederacy was was encountering enslaved…

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In the Wake of War: Military Occupation, Emancipation, and Civil War America

In the Wake of War: Military Occupation, Emancipation, and Civil War America by Andrew F. Lang published by LSU Press (2017) $47.50 (Hardcover) $36.30 (Kindle) If…

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Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning

Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning examines the interplay of black refugees who arrived by the thousands into Union…

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Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs

Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs published by Oxford University Press (2012) Hardcover $33.95, Paper $23.95,…

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