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Searching for black Confederates : the Civil War's most persistent myth

"In addition to tracking the evolution of the black Confederate myth, Levin explores the roles that African Americans performed in the army with a particular focus on the relationship between officers and their personal body servants or camp slaves. In contrast to claims that these men served a...

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Main Author: Levin, Kevin M., 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects and Genres:
Confederate States of America. > Army > African American troops.
African Americans > Confederate States of America.
Enslaved persons > Confederate States of America.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
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Table of Contents:
  • The camp slaves' war
  • Camp slaves on the battlefield
  • Camp slaves and the lost cause
  • Camp slaves and pensions
  • Turning camp slaves into black Confederate soldiers
  • Black Confederates on the front lines of the Civil War sesquicentennial.

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