Civil War and Slavery Reconsidered

<p>Following the suggestion of the historian Peter Parish these essays probe the edges of slavery and the sectional conflict. The authors seek to recover forgotten stories exceptional cases and contested identities to reveal the forces that shaped America in the era of the Long Civil War c.1830-1877. Offering an unparalleled scope from the internal politics of southern households to trans-Atlantic propaganda battles these essays address the fluidity and negotiability of racial and gendered identities of criminal and transgressive behaviors of contingent shifting loyalties and of the hopes of freedom that found expression in refugee camps court rooms and literary works.</p>