Bluejackets and Contrabands: African Americans and the Union Navy

by Barbara Brooks Tomblin

Book Overview

One of the lesser-known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast. From the beginning of the war, many African American refugees sought avenues of escape to the North. Due to their sheer numbers, those who reached Union forces presented a problem for the military. Fortunately, the First Confiscation Act of 1861 permitted the seizure of property used in support of the South's war...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125545
• ISBN13: 9780813125541
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher