Free at Last

Freedmen and Southern Society Project

ISBN 10: 1565841204 / ISBN 13: 9781565841208

Published by New Press, 1993

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Synopsis:

Berlin uses letters, personal testimonies, official transcripts and other records to unravel the history of emancipation, explaining how people with little power and few weapons secured freedom. Vividly demonstrating how emancipation transformed the lives of both black and white people, this volume represents a collection of some of the most remarkable correspondence ever written. Edited by legendary author Ira Berlin.

Synopsis: This is an anthology bringing together the letters of freed slaves at a turbulent time in America's history. In the midst of the Civil War, millions of slaves were finally emancipated; the letters, personal testimonies, transcripts and records collected here convey the heroic struggle of black men and women to overthrow the brutal slave system, to aid the Union cause and to give meaning to their newly won freedom in a war-torn nation.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Free at Last
Publisher: New Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket