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Latimore, Carey H.,

The role of southern free Blacks during the Civil War era : the life of free African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, 1850 to 1876 / Life of free African Americans in Richmond, Virginia, 1850 to 1876 Carey H. Latimore ; with a foreword by Allan O. Kownslar. - 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A world in transition: freedom and slavery in the Richmond area -- Using and defying society: free African Americans establish an antebellum community -- Social control and residency in Richmond, 1850 to 1860 -- Crime, underground networks, and abuse: free-Black life in Civil War Richmond -- "All that is needed now is the auction block as it used to be": Richmond during Reconstruction -- Free African Americans community transitions 1865-1877 -- Free African Americans community transitions, 1865-1877.


English.

ISBN: 9780779907885 0779907884

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--History--Virginia--Richmond--19th century.
Freedmen--History--Virginia--Richmond--19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia--Richmond.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans.
Freedmen.
Race relations.
United States Local History.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Richmond (Va.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
Virginia--Richmond.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: F234.R59 / N45 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8960730755/451