Title The role of southern free Blacks during the Civil War era : the life of free African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, 1850 to 1876 / Carey H. Latimore ; with a foreword by Allan O. Kownslar

Published Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) Contents A world in transition: freedom and slavery in the Richmond area -- Using and defying society: free African Americans establish an antebellum community -- Social control and residency in Richmond, 1850 to 1860 -- Crime, underground networks, and abuse: free-Black life in Civil War Richmond -- "All that is needed now is the auction block as it used to be": Richmond during Reconstruction -- Free African Americans community transitions 1865-1877 -- Free African Americans community transitions, 1865-1877 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject African Americans -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century Freed persons -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia -- Richmond SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) African Americans Freed persons Race relations SUBJECT Richmond (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113936 Subject United States Virginia -- Richmond Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780779907885 0779907884

Other Titles Life of free African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, 1850 to 1876

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