Author : Elizabeth Ann Regosin
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813920962
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Freedom's Promise by : Elizabeth Ann Regosin
Download or read book Freedom's Promise written by Elizabeth Ann Regosin and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rogosin (history, St. Lawrence U.) uses the Civil War pension system as a rich source of documentation for enhanced understanding of how ex-slaves made the transition from slavery to freedom. She uses personal histories and pension narratives to show how former slaves negotiated the system, constructing and communicating their familial relationships for the bureaucracy in order to quality for the Union veteran benefits that were their entitlement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR