Searching for Black Confederates The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth |
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| Author:
| Levin, Kevin M. |
| Series title: | Civil War America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-5326-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.50 |
Book Description:
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More than 150 years after the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organisations repeat claims that anywhere up to 100,000 African Americans fought in the Confederate army. Kevin Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts and poorly understood primary-source material have helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth.
More than 150 years after the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organisations repeat claims that anywhere up to 100,000 African Americans fought in the Confederate army. Kevin Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts and poorly understood primary-source material have helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth.