This book explicates the process by which slavery collapsed under the pressure of federal arms and the slaves' determination to place their own liberty on the wartime agenda. In documenting the transformation of a war for the Union into a war against slavery, it shifts the focus from the halls of power in Washington and Richmond to the plantations, farms, and battlefields of the South and demonstrates how slaves accomplished their own liberation and shaped the destiny of the nation.
- ISBN13 9780521229845
- Publish Date 28 January 1983
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 24 June 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 896
- Language English