Ric Murphy, Timothy Stephens

Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery

The African American History of America's Most Hallowed Ground

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Produktbeschreibung

From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor to be returned to their families, and some of the very first war dead to be buried there include over 1,500 men who served in the United States Colored Troops. More than 3,800 former slaves are interred in section 27, the property's original cemetery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677309
• ISBN-10: 1476677301
• Artikelnr.: 54428870

Autorenporträt

Ric Murphy is an educator, historian, lecturer and award-winning author. He has served as board chair of several organizations and on numerous additional national and local not-for-profit boards. He lives in Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Images, Tables, Figures and Maps "Bury Me in a Free Land" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Introduction
1.
The Men Who Shaped Arlington
2.
A City Under Siege
3.
Arlington Plantation
4.
Enslavement at Arlington
5.
Civil War
6.
Washington's Contraband
7.
Health and Medical Care
8.
Freedman's Village
9.
National Cemeteries 10.
United States Colored Troops 11.
The Contraband Cemetery 12.
The Forgotten Union Blue 13.
Eviction 14.
Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Retribution Epilogue Appendix I. Chronology Appendix II. Inventory of Slaves at Arlington delete
Plantation Belonging to G.W.P. Custis, January 1, 1858 Appendix III. Emancipation by R.E. Lee of G.W.P. Custis' Enslaved Appendix IV. Growth of Employment in Washington, D.C., from 1850 to 1870 Appendix V. An African American Walking Tour of Arlington Cemetery Chapter Notes Bibliography Index