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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Jones, Jacqueline, 1948-
Subjects
African Americans -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Freed persons -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Social classes -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century.
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Savannah (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Savannah (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Saving Savannah : th...
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Saving Savannah : the city and the Civil War / Jacqueline Jones.
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Jones, Jacqueline, 1948-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Subjects
African Americans -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Freed persons -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Social classes -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century.
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Savannah (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Savannah (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9781400042937 (alk. paper)
1400042933 (alk. paper)
Description:
viii, 510 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
ANTEBELLUM. I am in the hands of kidnappers -- Sell and buy and sell and buy -- Our common Master in heaven -- A demon ready with knife and torch -- Let's see her face -- IN BELLO. An abiding hope in every breast -- As traitors, they go over to the enemy -- Are we free? -- We have dyed the ground with blood -- POSTBELLUM. The way we can best take care of ourselves -- For I have a great deal to do -- A dream of the past -- To have a big meeting, a big shooting, or big blood -- The present deranged system of labor -- You will see them studying -- I came to do my own work -- When you leave set fire to all the houses -- Those peaceful, powerful weapons -- MAPS. Map of Savannah, Civil War era -- Lloyd's topographical map of Georgia -- Sketch of the Atlantic Coast of the United States -- The defense of Savannah -- General Sherman's campaign war map.
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A panoramic portrait of the city of Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War--a poignant story of the African American freedom struggle in this prosperous southern riverport, set against a backdrop of military conflict and political turmoil.--From publisher description.
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Hawaii State Library
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975.803 Jo
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