Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (Donald Yacovone - BH) general guiding members of the rank

guiding members of the rank and file as they struggled to live with the contradictory elements of their violent and volatile world

2000 Event Piece - retired

Digging deeply into his soldiers' writing

Colorful photographs of historic markers

as this volume makes clear

Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (Donald Yacovone - BH) general guiding members of the rankFreedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (The Library of Black America series) edited by Donald Yacovone Some were slaves who endured their last years of servitude before escaping from their masters; some were soldiers who fought for the freedom of their brethren and for equal rights; some were reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors. Here, for the first time, are collected the testimonies of African Americans who