LEADER 04399cam 22006138i 4500001 on1244883766 003 OCoLC 005 20211019150219.3 008 210608s2021 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 2021027328 020 9781469665078 |q(cloth) 020 1469665077 020 |z9781469665092 |q(ebook) 020 |z9781469665108 (ebook) 035 (Sirsi) 40030799783 035 40030799783 035 (OCoLC)1244883766 040 NcU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dBDX |dUKMGB |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 E457.2 |b.T625 2021 082 00 305.896/07309034 |223 084 SOC001000HIS036050 |2bisacsh 245 00 To address you as my friend : |bAfrican Americans' letters to Abraham Lincoln / |cedited by Jonathan W. White ; foreword by Edna Greene Medford. 263 2110 264 1 Chapel Hill : |bUniversity of North Carolina Press, |c[2021] 300 1 volume ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Foreword / by Edna Greene Medford -- Prologue: One of Lincoln's Oldest Friends -- Chief Executive. Petitions for Pardon ; Correspondence Related to Colonization -- Commander in Chief. Letters Related to Military Recruitment and Volunteering ; Protests against Unequal Pay for Black Soldiers ; Requests for Discharge from the Service ; Letters from Soldiers in Trouble -- Chief Citizen. Requests for Equal Treatment ; Prayers for Aid for Christian Ministries ; Letters Seeking Economic Rights and Opportunities ; Mementos -- Epilogue. Massa Sam's Dead! 520 "Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African Americans now had confidence to write to the president and to seek redress of their grievances. Their letters express the dilemmas, doubts, and dreams of both recently enslaved and free people in the throes of dramatic change. For many, writing Lincoln was a last resort. Yet their letters were often full of determination, making explicit claims to the rights of U.S. citizenship in a wide range of circumstances. This compelling collection presents more than 120 letters from African Americans to Lincoln, most of which have never before been published. They offer unflinching, intimate, and often heart-wrenching portraits of Black soldiers' and civilians' experiences in wartime. As readers continue to think critically about Lincoln's image as the 'Great Emancipator,' this book centers African Americans' own voices to explore how they felt about the president and how they understood the possibilities and limits of the power invested in the federal government"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Lincoln, Abraham, |d1809-1865 |vCorrespondence. |=^A29635 600 17 Lincoln, Abraham, |d1809-1865. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00030184 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 African Americans |vCorrespondence. |=^A2035 650 0 African Americans |xSocial conditions |y19th century. |=^A4266 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xAfrican Americans. |=^A18519 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |2bisacsh 650 7 African Americans. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799558 650 7 African Americans |xSocial conditions. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799698 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 647 7 American Civil War |c(United States : |d1861-1865) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01351658 648 7 1800-1899 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Personal correspondence. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919948 700 1 White, Jonathan W., |d1979- |eeditor. |=^A717373 776 08 |iebook version : |z9781469665108 949 |i30372017360493 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s29.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 998 5769150 596 1