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Paying freedom's price : a history of African Americans in the Civil War / Paul David Escott.

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Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americans-both slave and free-from the decade leading up to the Civil War until its immediate aftermath.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Escott, Paul D., 1947- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
Series:	The African American History Series.
Subjects:	United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans. Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States. African Americans > History > 1863-1877. African Americans > History > To 1863. African Americans. Military participation > African American. Enslaved persons > Emancipation. United States. History.

Table of Contents:

Forcing the issue
Forced to serve the South, desiring freedom
Fighting for freedom, equality, and the Union
Fighting for equality
Facing a difficult future.