Fighting for citizenship black Northerners and the debate over military service in the Civil War / Brian Taylor.
| Author/creator | Taylor, Brian |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020] |
| Description | xii, 236 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford UNC Press Titles |
| Subjects |
| Series | Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557 |
| Contents | If we are not citizens, then what are we? To 1861 -- A white man's war? April 1861-December 1862 -- Decision time: January-August 1863 -- Contracts of war: September 1864-April 1865 -- Making black service matter: 1865-1883. |
| Abstract | "Understanding debates over African Americans' enlistment exposes a formative moment in the development of American citizenship: black Northerners' key demand was that military service earn full American citizenship for black men and women, a term that had no precise definition prior to the Fourteenth Amendment. In articulating this demand, Taylor argues, black Northerners participated in the remaking of American citizenship itself--unquestionably one of the war's most important results"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020004162 |
| ISBN | 9781469659763 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781469659770 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |