The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway & the Slaves' Civil War - Couverture souple

Cecelski, David S.

 
9781469621906: The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway & the Slaves' Civil War
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ISBN 10 : 1469621908 ISBN 13 : 9781469621906
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015

Synopsis

Abraham H. Galloway (1837-1870) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and injustice. He risked his life behind enemy lines, recruited black soldiers for the North, and fought racism in the Union army's ranks. He also stood at the forefront of an African American political movement that flourished in the Union-occupied parts of North Carolina, even leading a historic delegation of black southerners to the White House to meet with President Lincoln and to demand the full rights of citizenship. He later became one of the first black men elected to the North Carolina legislature.
Long hidden from history, Galloway's story reveals a war unfamiliar to most of us. As David Cecelski writes, "Galloway's Civil War was a slave insurgency, a war of liberation that was the culmination of generations of perseverance and faith." This riveting portrait illuminates Galloway's life and deepens our insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction as experienced by African Americans in the South.

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À propos de l?auteur

Historian David S. Cecelski is author of The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina and co-editor (with Timothy B. Tyson) of Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1469621908
ISBN 13 
9781469621906
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0807835668 ISBN 13 :  9780807835661
Editeur : The University of North Carolina..., 2012
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