Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era
250 pages, 6 x 9
19 b/w illustrations, 2 tables, notes, bibliography, index
Paperback
Release Date:01 Nov 2022
ISBN:9780813080000
Hardcover
Release Date:20 Apr 2021
ISBN:9780813066868
Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era
SERIES:
Southern Dissent
University Press of Florida
This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, showing how enslaved and free African Americans resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort in a borderland that changed hands frequently during the Civil War.
Jonathan A. Noyalas is director of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah: Remembrance, Reunion and Reconciliation.
