Jonathan Lande

Freedom Soldiers

The Emancipation of Black Soldiers in Civil War Camps, Courts, and Prisons

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Produktbeschreibung

Freedom Soldiers examines the lives of formerly enslaved men who deserted the US Army during the Civil War and their experiences in army camps, courts, and prisons. It explores their reasons for leaving, often through their own voices from courts-martial testimony.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 152mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780197531754
• ISBN-10: 019753175X
• Artikelnr.: 68051398

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Lande is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University. His work has received numerous awards, including the Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians and the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Dissertation Prize from the American Society for Legal History.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I: Freedom in Camp
* Chapter 1 "Bound for Freedom's Light": Emancipating Men in the Army
* Chapter 2 "Parts of the Gigantic Machine of Death": Reacting to Army
Discipline
* Chapter 3 "No Intention of Deserting": Taking Leaves of Freedom
* Part II: Freedom in the Military Justice System
* Chapter 4 Unworthy of Freedom": Policing Emancipation in the
Courts-Martial
* Chapter 5 "Establish My Innocence": Defending Freedom in the
Courts-Martial
* Chapter 6 "Ought Not to Be in Prison": Petitioning for Freedom
* Conclusion
* Acknowledgments
* Appendix
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index