I can't wait to call you my wife : African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era
Title:
I can't wait to call you my wife : African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era
Author:
Roberts, Rita, author.
ISBN:
9781797213729
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Contents:
Antebellum -- "I can ashore you I think highly of freedom and would not exchange it for nothing" -- Civil War -- "My children I have not forgot you and be assured that I will have you if it cost me my life" -- In the aftermath of war -- "Send me some of the children's hair".
Abstract:
"A collection of letters exchanged between African Americans during the Civil War era"-- Provided by publisher.