NEGRO'S CIVIL WAR, THE

Inthisclassicstudy,PulitzerPrize-winningauthorJamesM.McPhersondeftlynarratestheexperienceofblacks--formerslavesandsoldiers,preachers,visionaries,doctors,intellectuals,andcommonpeople--duringtheCivilWar.Drawingoncontemporaryjournalism,speeches,books,andletters,hepresentsaneclecticchronicleoftheirfearsandhopesaswellastheiressentialcontributionstotheirownfreedom.Throughthewordsoftheseextraordinaryparticipants,bothNorthernandSouthern,McPhersoncapturesAfrican-Americanresponsestoemancipation,theshiftingattitudestowardLincolnandthelifeofblacksoldiersintheUnionarmy.Aboveall,weareallowedtowitnessthedreamsofadisenfranchisedpeopleeagertoembracetherightsandtheequalityofferedtothem,finally,ascitizens.