Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7730-9 (ISBN)
From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor to be returned to their families, and some of the very first war dead to be buried there include over 1,500 men who served in the United States Colored Troops. More than 3,800 former slaves are interred in section 27, the property's original cemetery.
Ric Murphy is an educator, historian, lecturer and award-winning author. He has served as board chair of several organizations and on numerous additional national and local not-for-profit boards. He lives in Virginia. Historian Timothy Stephens is a national expert in public health and emergency preparedness. He has been a national public health leader and commentator for more than twenty years, and advises risk managers on emerging public health threats. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Images, Tables, Figures and Maps
“Bury Me in a Free Land” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Introduction
1. The Men Who Shaped Arlington
2. A City Under Siege
3. Arlington Plantation
4. Enslavement at Arlington
5. Civil War
6. Washington’s Contraband
7. Health and Medical Care
8. Freedman’s Village
9. National Cemeteries
10. United States Colored Troops
11. The Contraband Cemetery
12. The Forgotten Union Blue
13. Eviction
14. Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Retribution
Epilogue
Appendix I. Chronology
Appendix II. Inventory of Slaves at Arlington delete Plantation Belonging to G.W.P. Custis, January 1, 1858
Appendix III. Emancipation by R.E. Lee of G.W.P. Custis’ Enslaved
Appendix IV. Growth of Employment in Washington, D.C., from 1850 to 1870
Appendix V. An African American Walking Tour of Arlington Cemetery
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.05.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 46 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 318 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7730-1 / 1476677301 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7730-9 / 9781476677309 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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