Black liberation in Kentucky : emancipation and freedom, 1862-1884

Black liberation in Kentucky : emancipation and freedom, 1862-1884 / Victor B. Howard.

Kentucky occupied an unusual position with regard to slavery during the Civil War as well as after. Since the state never seceded, the emancipation proclamation did not free the majority of Kentucky's slaves; in fact, Kentucky and Delaware were the only two states where legal slavery still exis...

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Main Author: Howard, Victor B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
1800-1899
African Americans > Kentucky > History > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Kentucky.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans
Race relations
Kentucky > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Kentucky > Race relations.
Kentucky
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Kentucky Responds to War; 2 The Army and the Slave; 3 Emancipation; 4 Military Enrollment; 5 Slaves Go to War; 6 From Soldier to Freedman; 7 The Search for Work; 8 Families in Transition; 9 The Testimony Question; 10 Black Suffrage; 11 Equal Education?; Epilogue; Notes; Manuscript Sources and Government Documents; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W.

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