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- Saving Savannah : the city and…
- Authors:
- Jones, Jacqueline,
- Item ID:
- MQ25857
- Publisher:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
- ISBN:
- 9781400042937 (alk. paper); 1400042933 (alk. paper)
- Call Number:
- F294.S2 J65 2008 1
- Physical Description:
- viii, 510 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Topic:
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Savannah -- History -- 19th century.
- Freedmen -- 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.
- Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-493) and index.; 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.; 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.
- OCLC Number:
- 18996
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets
