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The Negro In The Civil War (Paperback)
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The Negro In The Civil War (Paperback)
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Total price: R775
Discovery Miles: 7 750
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The Civil War was a revolution in many ways, writes Benjamin
Quarles in this renowned work. But on one point there is common
agreement: without slavery there would have been no resort to arms.
Hence the slave was the key factor in the war. But the Negro's tale
was not merely a passive one; he did not tarry in the wings, hands
folded. He was an active member of the cast, prominent in the
dramatis personae. To him freedom was a two-way street; indeed he
gave prior to receiving. Quarles writes powerfully about the role
of three-and-a-half million blacks in the South, who were impressed
into non-combatant service--building forts and entrenchments,
working in factories and mines. In the North, black Americans
fought with distinction on the front lines, shedding blood for an
ideal--emancipation--that was cruelly betrayed during
Reconstruction. The story of black Americans in the Civil War, in
which they, in more ways than one, stood in the middle, was largely
untold until this book by a distinguished scholar offered the
wisdom and verve to make a great episode in our history come alive.
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