{"product_id":"black-confederates","title":"Black Confederates","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One of the lost chapters of Civil War history has been the\u003cbr\u003epassive and even active support that many Southern blacks, free and slave, \u003cbr\u003egave to the Confederacy. [Black Confederates] illuminates\u003cbr\u003ethe overlooked facet of this seemingly contradictory behavior by a group\u003cbr\u003eof African-Americans who appear to have thought of themselves as\u003cbr\u003eSoutherners first and blacks second.\"\u003cbr\u003e--William C. Davis, author of \"A Government of Their Own: The Making of the\u003cbr\u003eConfederacy\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither Confederate history nor black studies can afford to ignore the\u003cbr\u003eefforts of black Americans on the side of the Confederacy, as this\u003cbr\u003eseemingly contradictory behavior reveals and underscores the terrible\u003cbr\u003ecomplexity of the War Between the States. To quote Edward Smith, Dean of\u003cbr\u003eMinority Affairs in the August, 1991 edition of The Civil War News: \u003cbr\u003e\"To admit that blacks actually fought for a cause which in the minds\u003cbr\u003eof many 20 th century Americans now stands exclusively for\u003cbr\u003eslavery and oppression is unacceptable to many in the country concerned\u003cbr\u003ewith only politics and not with the historical record.\"\u003cbr\u003eThis volume reflects an effort to restore some accuracy to the\u003cbr\u003ehistorical record with regard to black soldiers who fought for the\u003cbr\u003eConfederacy. Through correspondence, military records, narrative\u003cbr\u003ereminiscences, and newspaper accounts from these brave men who served what\u003cbr\u003ethey considered their country, we hope to discover not only that\u003cbr\u003ethey did fight, but also how they fought to restore honor to the fallen\u003cbr\u003eamong them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pelican Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781565549371\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pelican Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £19.57","offer_id":47901423206577,"sku":"SB-1565549376-C3","price":19.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1565549376.jpg?v=1788844026","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-confederates","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}