Free Black Communities and the Black Codes -- Legal, Educational, and Religious Foundations Antebellum and Wartime Emancipation Activism -- Black Soldiering and Emancipation Activism -- Black Women's Wartime Political Culture.
Summary
"This book analyzes the emancipation activism of free black people who settled in Civil War-era Indiana and Illinois. Antebellum activists defined emancipation on their own terms, through the construction of churches, schools, and political conferences"-- Provided by publisher.
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