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The Destruction of Slavery

The Destruction of Slavery( )
Editor: Berlin, Ira
Author: Fields, Barbara J.
Glymph, Thavolia
Reidy, Joseph P.
Rowland, Leslie S.
Series title:Freedom: a Documentary History of Emancipation Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-13214-5
Publication Date:Mar 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Multiple-item retail product
List Price:USD $54.99
Book Description:

This volume of Freedom presents a documentary record of the transformation of the Civil War into a war against slavery, and the slaves' role in their own emancipation. The Destruction of Slavery shows the process by which a war for Union became a war for freedom.

Book Details
Pages:890
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / General
History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 1.755 Inches
Book Weight:2.73 Pounds
Author Biography
Fields, Barbara J. (Editor)
Ira Berlin was born in New York City on May 27, 1941. He received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1963, a master's degree in history in 1966, and a Ph.D. in history in 1970, all from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle and Federal City College in Washington before becoming a professor at the University of Maryland in 1974.

He wrote numerous books including Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America, and The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States. He also edited several books including Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation with Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller. He died from complications of multiple myeloma on June 5, 2018 at the age of 77.

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