Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867: Series 3, Volume 1: Land and Labor, 1865

by Leslie S. Rowland

Book Overview

Land and Labor, 1865 examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. Letters and testimony by the participants--former slaves, former slaveholders, Freedmen's Bureau agents, and others--reveal the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Essays by the editors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469641291
• ISBN13: 9781469641294
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 1108 Pages
• Weight: 3.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"