I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation In The Civil War Era

This book examines the many ways in which African Americans made the Civil War about ending slavery. Abraham Lincoln's primary goal was to save the Union rather than to absolve the institution of slavery, yet slaves who escaped to Union lines refused to fight for the Union while remaining enslaved, ultimately forcing Lincoln to disband the institution.

• • Author: David Williams
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Apr 21, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 278 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1107016495
• • ISBN-13: 9781107016491