TY - BOOK N2 - This book seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in detail by mining the case files of the U.S. Pension Bureau. These files contain first-hand perspective of slavery, emancipation, black military service, and freedom. It also explores the words of former slaves topically from recollections of slavery to life after emancipation. AB - This book seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in detail by mining the case files of the U.S. Pension Bureau. These files contain first-hand perspective of slavery, emancipation, black military service, and freedom. It also explores the words of former slaves topically from recollections of slavery to life after emancipation. T1 - Voices of emancipation :understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / DA - c2008. CY - New York : AU - Regosin, Elizabeth Ann. AU - Shaffer, Donald Robert. CN - E185.2 CN - E185.2 PB - New York University Press, PP - New York : PY - c2008. ID - 340220 KW - African Americans KW - African Americans KW - Slavery KW - Slaves KW - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) KW - African American soldiers KW - African American sailors SN - 9780814775875 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 081477587X (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 9780814775868 (alk. paper) SN - 0814775861 (alk. paper) TI - Voices of emancipation :understanding slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau files / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045953.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007045953-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007045953-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045953.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007045953-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007045953-d.html ER -