African Americans, death, and the new birth of freedom : dying free during the Civil War and Reconstruction /: dying free during the Civil War and Reconstruction. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ashley Towle.
• Authors: Towle, Ashley, 1987-
• Contents: Introduction Chapter 1 “Let’s Go to Buryin’”: African American Civilian Funerals and Cemeteries in Freedom Chapter 2 “To Repose with Their Comrades”: African Americans and the Creation of National Cemeteries Chapter 3 “The Widows and Families of the Heroic Dead”: African American Kinship and Domestic Economy Chapter 4 “The Invisible Army”: African American Religious Life and Death Chapter 5 “We Are Killed All the Day Long”: Testifying and Writing About Death Conclusion “In the Cold Valley and Shadow of the South Land” Bibliography About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.896073075; African Americans -- Funeral customs and rites -- Southern States; African Americans -- Death; African Americans -- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781666905724
• Related ISBNs: 9781666905717
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.