Title Slavery and freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era / Jonathan A. Noyalas ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Southern dissent Southern dissent. Contents "In the Land of Bondage" -- "The Effect was Immediate" -- "To Call on All the Blacks" -- "The Servants ... Could Not be Conveniently Stored Away" -- "Freedom to Slaves!" -- "This Causes Great Excitement" -- John Brown's "Soul is March[ing] On." Summary "This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, showing how enslaved and free African Americans resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort in a borderland that changed hands frequently during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2021) Subject African Americans -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 19th century Free African Americans -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) African Americans Free African Americans Slavery SUBJECT Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 19th century Subject United States United States -- Shenandoah River Valley Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Harrold, Stanley, writer of foreword. Miller, Randall M., author or foreword. LC no. 2020044326 ISBN 0813057795 9780813057798

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