Film, Video Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery and the Civil War Through Reconstruction
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Title
- Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery and the Civil War Through Reconstruction
Summary
- The book draws on interviews with former slaves in the Library of Congress collections to convey the aspirations, sorrows, courage and hopes of ordinary people living through this period. More than 80 archival images complement the text. Major events covered include the rise of the domestic slave trade, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Republican Congress' Reconstruction policies.
Names
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-02-09.
Headings
- - African American History
- - Immigration, American Expansion
- - War, Military
- - Biography, History
- - Education
Notes
- - Classification: Education.
- - Classification: History: America.
- - Linda B. Osborne.
- - Recorded on 2009-02-09.
- - Kids, Families.
- - Researchers.
- - Teachers.
Medium
- 1 online resource
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021688064
Online Format
- video
- image
- online text