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Time Full of Trial: The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, 1862-1867
Patricia C. Click
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Paperback. After General Burnside's Union forces achieved victory at Roanoke Island, North Carolina in 1862, slaves from the surrounding areas streamed across Federal lines, onto Roanoke, seeking freedom. This is an account of the settlement which grew there, and which tried to achieve "a new social order". Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBLL; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
The story of a model colony for freed slaves In February 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina. As word spread that the Union army had established a foothold, slaves from the surrounding area streamed across Federal lines seeking freedom. By early 1863, nearly 1,000 refugees had gathered on Roanoke Island, working together to create a thriving community that included a school and several churches. As the settlement expanded, the Reverend Horace James, an army chaplain from Massachusetts, was appointed to oversee the establishment of a freedmen's colony there. ... Read more
The story of a model colony for freed slaves In February 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside led Union forces to victory at the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina. As word spread that the Union army had established a foothold, slaves from the surrounding area streamed across Federal lines seeking freedom. By early 1863, nearly 1,000 refugees had gathered on Roanoke Island, working together to create a thriving community that included a school and several churches. As the settlement expanded, the Reverend Horace James, an army chaplain from Massachusetts, was appointed to oversee the establishment of a freedmen's colony there. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807849187
SKU
V9780807849187
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About Patricia C. Click
Patricia C. Click is associate professor in the Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication at the University of Virginia. She is author of The Spirit of the Times: Amusements in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore, Norfolk, and Richmond.
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