Freedom's Promise

Freedom's Promise
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780813920955
ISBN-13 : 0813920957
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Freedom's Promise by : Elizabeth Regosin

Download or read book Freedom's Promise written by Elizabeth Regosin and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rogosin (history, St. Lawrence U.) uses the Civil War pension system as a rich source of documentation for enhanced understanding of how ex-slaves made the transition from slavery to freedom. She uses personal histories and pension narratives to show how former slaves negotiated the system, constructing and communicating their familial relationships for the bureaucracy in order to quality for the Union veteran benefits that were their entitlement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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