Marching Toward Freedom: Blacks in the Civil War 1861-1865 (The Library of American History)

In a compelling narrative that offers a fresh perspective on the effort to end slavery and ensure equal rights for African Americans, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson explores the active and critical roles that African Americans played in the War Between the States. Marching Toward Freedom weaves eyewitness accounts, newspaper articles, abolitionist diaries, slave tales, and marching songs into an engaging narrative thai explores a little-known but highly significant chapter of the African-American experience. (For ages 10 and up.)James M. McPherson is the author of 'Marching Toward Freedom: Blacks in the Civil War 1861-1865 (The Library of American History)' with ISBN 9780816030927 and ISBN 0816030928.